Kerry Gregory has worked for many years providing gemmology training that is fun, accessible and relevant through her business Gemmology Rocks.

Her new Gem ID for Life course was created in response to what many the industry need and want - gemmology without 2 years of study, 20k in course fees and applied chemistry and physics that many simply do not need to do their jobs.

Gem ID for Life takes place over 5 days serving a condensed applicable set of skills that are used on day 1.

This carefully crafted, endorsed course teaches a core set of gemmological techniques using testing and observation. This can be applied to every day of life as a jeweller, valuer, appraiser, pawn broker or for anyone interested in knowing more about how to identify and test gemstones.

Over the years Kerry has observed and tested tens of thousands of gems and minerals and uses her extensive experience to make this learning package fun. She has many real life examples of the pitfalls, while providing the detailed technical testing methods and terminology that can help build knowledge and experience each hour you are learning. The course is scaffolded to create a solid set of know how for life working with gemstones.

Every once in a while there is an opportunity that you just have to grab at. When I heard that she had created this course last year I had to ask her to come to deliver here as I knew others would also want to jump on this opportunity.

I am attending this course myself as my skills have plenty of room to grow. Yesterday, I am amazed to say, I observed and began to test over 80 gemstones.

This is how you learn with Kerry, by observing and testing a huge range of gemstones preparing you for real life scenarios. Your newly acquired information and skills are used immediately over and over each day, building confidence each hour. Her handouts are exactly what you need to help you practice and do your homework. Her course kits are fantastic resources for her students as there is a huge variety of examples of what you might see in the real world. I am actually really excited to do my homework.

So if you missed out on enrolling get in touch with Gemmology Rocks. She will be announcing her 2026 dates soon!