Shane McClure

Shane McClure is GIA’s Global Director of Colored Stone Services and an internationally recognized authority in gem identification, with 37 years at GIA. A longtime leader in GIA lab services, he helped co-found the Institute’s identification services department and has driven advances in treatment detection and clearer nomenclature across key gem materials. He is also an award-winning Gems & Gemology author, longtime Lab Notes editor, and a respected speaker and gemstone photographer whose images have illustrated landmark research.