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Recent attendee comments about our gem courses and training seminars

” I wanted to thank you for the wonderful diamond grading course you presented on 24th and 25th Jan. The content, pace and professionalism was outstanding . I came back home absolutely buzzing with enthusiasm. It was wonderful to have the benefit of your knowledge and experience in this field. I was also very impressed with the seemingly endless supply of different examples you had available for us to view and the spreadsheet which we could use to compare against. What a brilliant course.” Lorraine S.,hobbyist, Chichester, Feb ’12.

“My colleague and I found Eric’s Practical Diamond Grading Course an incredibly effective use of our time and resources. We experienced a steep learning curve from a packed programme, and came away with far more knowledge than one would expect from a two day course. The teaching style is informal, passionate and concise which is obviously founded by in depth experience from many years in the trade. I would thoroughly recommend this course to anyone with an interest in diamond grading whether they be an enthusiast or retailer, you will find it both fascinating and informative.” Peter M., retailer, Swansea, Jan ’12.

“Thank you for my certificate (of attendance) and for a wonderfully informative diamond grading course. I believe I learnt a lot and hope to put it into practise when next looking at, or even buying, diamonds. I hope to be back for your gem course in the not too distant future”. Janet P., hobbyist, London, Jan ’12.

“I found your (Practical Diamond Grading) course to be interesting, professionally presented and value for money”,  Paul Z., dealer, Jan ’12.

“I would just like to thank you once again for a fantastic insight into the incredible world of diamonds (Practical Diamond Grading Course)! I thoroughly enjoyed the course and have gained a lot of new and valuable knowledge which I can safely say I will take back to work and use day to day. You obviously have a passion for diamonds and I hope that one day I can reach a level of understanding a fraction of your own.
It was great meeting you, hopefully our paths will cross again in the future!”, Rob B., diamond e-tailer, Shepperton, Nov. ’11.

“Just a short note-but a very special thank you for such a very interesting (Coloured Stones) course. I have always enjoyed wearing beautiful jewels. ..I can now appreciate the mystery and their exquisite colours, as well as the history, romance. I knew a little a little, you told us more…Thank you for sharing your knowledge, coming with us to the museums and explaining about exceptionally rare stones, (it) was appreciated by us all”. Anne E., hobbyist, Battle, Oct. ’11.

“Thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable few days. I very much enjoyed the  (NAG Diamonds and Diamond Grading) course”. Helen O., retailer, Chesham, Oct. ’11.

“Hi Eric, thank you very much for the last few days. I found it all very informative and feel a lot more confident when looking at diamonds”. Zoe P., retailer, Nottingham, Oct. ’11.

“I really did enjoy the (Coloured Stones) course and learned a lot and got an awful lot from it…Thank you so much for being such a great teacher, for imparting your knowledge in such an understandable and humorous way, and for making it so easy to learn about an extremely complicated, fascinating and absorbing subject… I am intensely looking forward to the diamond grading course in November and perhaps you would have 5 minutes, or so, to help me with choosing/deciding where I go from here and what I could feasibly study (by distance)” Sheena W., hobbyist, Wrexham, Oct. ’11.

“Thanks for the course on coloured stones, I found it extremely interesting. I look forward to what is in store for the practical diamond grading course in November”. Suril V., retailer, Wimbledon, Oct. ’11.

“Thanks again for the training on Sunday, I found the day very interesting and enjoyable. To actually have such a wide range of diamonds with all their varying characteristics was really useful, you can appreciate what you’re looking at when it is physically in front of you rather than looking at a diagram or photo.” “Hi Eric, well I have arrived in to see very enthused staff, buzzing about what they learned yesterday (Sunday)! They all are keen to see more diamonds now. Thank you so much, and I was sorry to have missed you. Hopefully it can be repeated in the future.” Management of retailer in West Sussex, hosting our latest corporate diamond course, Oct. ’11.

“Hi Eric, just wanted 2 say thank you for a really enjoyable (Practical) diamond (Grading) course. I’ve learnt so much in the last 2 days, more than i ever imagined possible. Hope 2 enrol to your coloured gemstone course at some point, thank you again”.  Emma B., retailer, Petersfield, Sep. ’11.

“Thank you for imparting your expert knowledge on the excellent (rough diamond to polished diamond) course last week”. Naveen A., hobbyist, London, July ’11.

“a huge thanks for holding yesterday’s diamond course, it was good to see you again. Our managers and head office staff all agreed that the course was extremely helpful to them and opened their eyes to many things they had not realised when handling diamond stock and i believe this will be of benefit to our company in the future…I shall shortly be liaising to arrange for the second tranche of staff to attend the next course…All of the attendees agreed your style of teaching was both fun, interesting and ‘really worked for us’ to use a quote. You evidently still have the knack!” Nathan F. pawnbroker, Dartford, June ’11.

“Eric Emms trains members of the National Pawnbrokers Association to grade diamonds. We ask all delegates to give us feedback and we have never had a negative report. Every one of them has said that the standard of training was either very good or excellent. If you want to learn how to grade diamonds Eric Emms is one of the UK’s best teachers and makes a complex subject sound simple.”, Des Milligan, CEO of the NPA.

“I would like to thank you immensely for a fantastic Diamond Grading Course, it was enjoyful, motivating and very practical (the only way to learn about diamonds), it allowed me to learn in a professional and comfortable manner. Your teaching style is excellent! Thanks.” Riaz M., hobbyist, London June ’11.

“I attended the diamond grading course in March 2010 and really enjoyed it. It gave me extra confidence in assessing diamonds. Developing an interest in coloured stones I returned for the three day coloured stones course in April 2011. It was excellent. No doubt I will be returning for further courses with Eric in the future.
Hobbyist aspiring to become dealer!” Melanie R., hobbyist, London April ’11.

“It was a nice experience at your training course (Practical Diamond Grading) and offcourse it was nice meeting you as well” Rizwan A., businessman, London, March ’11.

“Absolutely loved your Diamond grading course! We both learned so much in just a couple of days and looking at that number of diamonds was just fab! Thank you so much!” Anne M., hobbyist, Bagshot, Feb. ’11.

“Firstly I would like to thank you for your excellent course (Practical Diamond Grading), I attended last week. After my disappointment with another company the week before, I was delighted that you gave such an informative and knowledgeable course, I felt totally confident in carrying out that which I had learnt.” Jayne H., dealer, Canvey Island, Feb. ’11.

“Just a quick note to say thank you again for yesterday (Gem Inclusions Master Class) and your time and expert knowledge, I found it extremely interesting and very beneficial. I did have one question which I forgot to ask you and it was regarding the microscope and the types of illumination. Could you let me know…”, Roger M., auctioneer, Lewes, Feb. ’11.

“Both Debbie and myself really enjoyed the (NAG) diamond grading seminar that we attended in October and would love to attend further classes that you may hold”. Helen E., retailer, King’s Lynn, Dec. ’10.

“I really enjoyed doing your course (Coloured Stones Course) and found it fascinating, I am going to purchase a loop and some tweezers and practice! Also I really appreciated you not cancelling the course when you could of so easily done so.” Sandra N., hobbyist, London, Nov. ’10

“I enjoyed the course (Practical Diamond Grading) very much and learnt a great deal of information, which I hope I don’t forget too soon! It was good to mix with other people interested in diamonds with a different viewpoint.

I think the course was set at a good pace. Beforehand, I was concerned that my eyes wouldn’t be up to it, but it was a good mix of looking at diamonds in detail and learning more general facts.
I’m sure we would recommend your course if the occasion arose and we might see you again in the future.”
Pia D., diamond e-tailer, Shepperton, Oct. ’10.