Vincent Pardieu
Geology and Earth Science
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Canada
Biography
Vincent Pardieu is since Jan 2017 a Consultant Field Gemmologist at “VP Consulting SPC”. From 2008 to 2017 he was Senior Manager, Field Gemology at the GIA where he built and managed the first field gemology department in any modern gem laboratory. Previously he was a staff and research gemmologist at the Gübelin Gem Laboratory where he lead four field expeditions to pearl and gemstone deposits in Tanzania, Madagascar and Burma. From 2004-2007 he was Laboratory Director at the AIGS in Bangkok where he published several research papers on new treatments and led two 3-month long field expeditions to Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan. With a career thus far that has seen him lead 112 field expedition to colored stones mining areas around the world, he is internationally renowned for his dedication to all things related to gemology and conservation, he has published prolifically on all aspects of the subject in a host of different hard as well as web-based publications, the main ones of which can be found on his Research Gate profile.
Research Interest
Geology and Earth Science
