This website is home for "Travel addicted gemologist" Vincent Pardieu (B.Sc., GGA, G.G.) and several of his traveling companions like Jean Baptiste Senoble (A.G.), David Bright (A.G.) and Guillaume Soubiraa.
We are gemologists (gemmologists) sharing a passion for gemology (gemmology), gem people and traveling.
With our field trips to gemstone mines and gem markets around the world, we hope to make you share our passion for internet, photography, gems and our admiration for the gem people bringing gemstones from the ground to jewelry.
We expect to share with you our passion for beauty: From the gems external beauty to the intimate beauty of gemstone inclusions, from gem lore to the mines, the people and the lansdcapes gems origin from.

We also invite you to join us on some gemological forums we are active in as they are convenient tools to get rapid answers to your questions.
Dec 2007: Kham Vannaxay, C. Dunaigre and V. Pardieu visit to Mergui cultured south sea pearl farms in Burma (Myanmar).
Oct. 2007: R.W. Hughes, G. Soubiraa, M. Rogers, W. and M. Chitty, P. Brunot and V. Pardieu expedition to Kenya and Tanzania (Part 1, Part 2)
Jun to Aug 2006: V. Pardieu and G. Soubiraa ruby, spinel and emerald field trip to Central Asia: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and China.
Apr to Sep 2005: V. Pardieu and J.B. Senoble ruby, sapphire and tsavorite field trip to Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Kenya and Tanzania.
 
Pakistan: From Peshawar to Kashmir.
Afghanistan: Land of beautiful gems and people.
Tajikistan: Gems from the Pamirs.
China: Emeralds on the silk road.

Colombia: The green fever Experience

Myanmar (Burma): Traveling to the gem Heaven.

Cambodia : Adventures in Pailin.
Laos: Gem Cruise on the Mekhong.
Vietnam: A field trip we will not forget!
Sri Lanka (Ceylon): Visit to the gem Island.
Madagascar: Exploration of the new gem giant.
Kenya: A gemstone safari.
  Tanzania: The East African gem safari.
     
 
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Gem-Cruise on Thac Ba lake, Luc Yen, Vietnam Hour glass effect in a synthetic diamond
Field Trip Photo Gallery
Inclusion Photo Gallery

Some questions to ask about:
gems, gemology, fieldtrips,
minerals, jade or jewelry?
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Read also Online:
Madagascar trilogy
(Colored Stone Magazine):
Part 1: Jan/Feb 2006 issue
Part 2: Mar/Apr 2006 issue
Part 3: Jul/Aug 2006 issue

ICA InColor articles:

Winza, Tanzania (J.B. Senoble)
"An expedition to Tanzania's new ruby deposit in Winza"

Tajikistan (V.Pardieu)
"Gems from the roof of the world"
Special THANKS for their support for our field trips:

Some books about gemology we can recommend:

Recommended institutes where we studied gemology in Thailand :

Recommended Advanced Gemological Courses:



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Important Note: Vincent Pardieu is an employee of Gübelin Gem Lab Ltd (Gübelin), a gemmological laboratory based in Lucerne, Switzerland. Any views expressed on this website - and in particular any views expressed by Vincent Pardieu - are the authors' opinions and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Gübelin. Gübelin takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content on this website nor is Gübelin liable for any mistakes or omissions you may encounter. Gübelin is in particular not screening, editing or monitoring the content on this website and has no possibility to remove, screen or edit any content.