Dr. Michael S. Krzemnicki

Director of Education
SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute
Falknerstrasse 9
CH-4054 Basel / Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 262 0640, Fax +41 61 262 06 41
e-mail: gemlab@ssef.ch

Dr. Krzemnicki was born 1967 in Basel, Switzerland. After the diploma in earth sciences in 1992, he gained his PhD in 1996 with a thesis on genesis of alpine mineral deposits. During that time he was also working as responsible exploration geologist for sapphire deposits in Rwanda (East-Africa) and Southern Madagascar. Starting as a free-lance gemmologist for several gemmological projects, he gained the FGA Diploma in Gemmology early 1998. Since that time, he is working as a gemmologist and gemmological tutor at the SSEF, Swiss Gemmological Institute, and was appointed Director of Education in 2002. Apart from numerous lectures and gemmological courses at SSEF, and worldwide, he has published papers on gemstone deposits, new gemstones, and especially on analytical techniques in all major gemmological journals.

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