AnchorCert Gem Lab News

Red garnets have a long history, but modern gem buyers can pick from a rich palette of garnet colours: greens, oranges, pinkish oranges, deeply saturated purplish reds, and even some blues. Red garnet is one of the most common and widespread of gems. But not all garnets are as abundant as the red ones. A green garnet, tsavorite, is rarer and needs rarer rock chemistries and conditions to form. Garnet stones can be found in countries such as�Brazil,�Botswana, Tanzania, Ke…

Birmingham City Council are proposing drastic cuts in funding from April 2015. Public consultation on the Budget closes on 12th January 2015. If you want to have your say you need to ACT NOW. Amongst many other cuts proposals include an £850K reduction in funding for Birmingham Museums Trust and a £1.5m reduction for the new Library of Birmingham. Budget cuts to the new, iconic Library of Birmingham which has already become a major visitor destination, as well as an invaluable res…

Looking forward to an exciting and eventful New Year ahead in 2015  

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