Armenian Gemological Laboratory and Academy “Zang” was founded in 1997 and it is still functioning today. We first opened the laboratory where only experts were working, then in 2000 we opened the Academy. In 2001 we held our first graduation ceremony.
A young graduate of the Zang Academy with J.Solodova.
We had the great honor of welcoming the famous scientist, “Mother of Gemology”, chairwomen of the Gemology Institute of Moscow (НОУГИ) and director of the GIA in Moscow : Professor Julia Petrovna Solodova, on our first official ceremony. Since then Zang allowed numerous Armenians, Georgians, Iranians, Russians, Ukrainians, Americans, Indians, Belgians, and Israelians to graduate and complete their formation.
The president of Armenia R. Kocharyan on our stand during a Precious Stones and Jewelry exposition
Our founder
Arthur Zanginyan
He was born in Yerevan in 1961. He finished high-school in 1978. He started studying precious stones (Cut, Description, identification..) in February 1981 in A.Goldfinger's workshop in Moscow. In 1984 he graduated as an architect from the Polytechnic Institute of Yerevan. In 1993, he graduated in “Applicated Gemology” and “Technological Mineralogy of Diamonds” from the gemology department of the National Institute of Geology of Moscow. In 1996 he obtained a diploma from The Gemological Institute of America (GIA), and in 2003 received the title of Gemologist from the same Institute.
Our staff
Hegine Petrosyan
She was born in Vanadzor in 1973. She graduated from N186 High-school. In 1996, she graduated from the Robotic and Computing department of Yerevan Engineering State University. Since 2014, she is working for the Zang laboratory as a receptionist and an accountant.
Nune Arustamyan
She was born in Yerevan in 1990. She graduated from Pushkin N18 High-school in 2006. In 2011, she graduated from Yerevan Arts Academy. The same year she finished her formation at the Zang's Academy with “Diamond's grading” for major. She joined our laboratory in 2012 and is since working as an expert.
Ashot Zanginyan
Ashot was born in Moscow in 1994. He graduated from N114 High-school in 2010. In 2014 he graduated from Electronics and Nanoelectronics department of Russian-Armenian University and in 2016 from the same university with PHD diploma. From 2016 by now he is post-graduate in the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Armenian NationalAcademy of Sciences. He is working with us from 2013.
