The purpose of the Florida Association of Master Appraisers is to promote the significance and meaning of being certified as a Master Valuer™, to provide a forum for the open exchange of ideas among Master Valuers™ and Master Valuer™ organizations, to foster professional ethics in jewelry and gemstone appraising, and to promote continuing education among Master Valuers™ and other professionals in the gem and jewelry industry.
| Chair | Larry David Drane | Vice Chair | Kass Evans |
| Finance Officer | Kathleen Braun | Secretary | Iris Sloman |
| Media Officer | Iris Sloman | Advisor | Dr. Eva Ananiewicz |
Next Meeting
(ALSO save the date! Thurs. May 17, 6:00pm, Paul Silagi, G.G., on garnets )
Thursday, Feb. 23rd: 5:30 pm - Meet and greet (need volunteers to bring refreshments) 6:00 pm - Lecture and labs
This program is free.
To RSVP or sign-up for refreshments, contact Kass Evans (kass@KassEvans.com)
" Practical Gemstone and Metal Testing: Equipment Demos " - Larry Drane and Kass Evans, Master Valuers®
Through a series of hands-on demos, the speakers will be presenting some of the traditional and newer tools for testing and identifying gemstones, gemstone treatments and metal fineness. Some of the tools and techniques to be covered are the specific gravity balance, the Mizar gold tester, thermal conductivity testing for colored gemstones, using immersion fluids with different refractive indexes, hardness picks for cabs and gem beads .
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