Janice M. Chlopecki GG, (GIA) is a graduate gemologist. She attended Gemological Institute of Geomology in Santa Monica and Carlsbad, California as a resident student. She has 36 years in the jewelry industry serving in various positions: store manager, store buyer, chain store buyer, jewelry and diamond buyer, diamond wholesaler and graduate gemologist. She has been in the appraisal field for 15 years, serving the northeast, Florida, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma. Judges and lawyers require her services from time to time.

Janice owns and operates a state-of-the-art gem lab where nothing but the best scientific equipment and instrumentation are utilized to determine and evaluate your jewelry. Her thorough evaluation includes the use of:

• Microscope
• Dichroscope
• Polariscope
• Retractometer
• Spectrascope
• GIA Gem Set
• Master Stones
• Gold Scale
• Gem Scale
• Thermal Convector
• UV Black Light
• Radiation Detector

Janice is also a member of the Dalton Rotary Club in Massachusetts. She is a member of the Pittsfield Zonta Club, a club for women in business where they help the community. Janice recently conducted an auction with the aid of the fellow Zontians to provide money for a scholarship donated to a member of the Pittsfield Girls Club.