RITEAID GEMOLOGY INSTITUTE

Identify a stunning variety of gemstones. Evaluate them by quality, rarity, and color. Study the most effective grading, buying, and selling techniques. A dazzling spectrum of opportunities awaits those who understand the colored stone marketplace.

 

 

POSSIBLE CAREER PATHS
Appraiser
Auction House Jewelry Specialist
Colored Stone Buyer
Estate Jewelry Dealer
Jewelry Business Owner
Jewelry Buyer
Pawn Broker
Retailer
Wholesaler

Graduate Colored Stones Diploma e-Learning

Identify a stunning variety of gemstones. Evaluate them by quality, rarity, and color. Study the most effective grading, buying, and selling techniques.

150,000.00

Graduate Colored Stones Diploma e-Learning

Identify a stunning variety of gemstones. Evaluate them by quality, rarity, and color. Study the most effective grading, buying, and selling techniques.

150,000.00

Additional information

Course Outline

Build a knowledge base about colored stones and the colored stone market
Use gemological equipment effectively to identify gemstones
Use the RAGS Colored Stone Grading System to evaluate gemstone quality
Recognize how quality, rarity, and color affect value
Determine how market factors affect gem value
Understand how gems are mined, fashioned, and brought to the marketplace.

Requirements

  • Our courses are delivered through the online learning management system, Zoom meeting and on Rite Aid gemology school campus.
  • Each week students receive lecture material in the form of video, and reading assignment.
  • Students participate in weekly discussions and activities which provide practical application of their skills and offers peer interaction and instructor feedback.
  • Progress is documented in weekly quizzes and a comprehensive final examination at the completion of each 4-week course.