Brian LaChapelle, manager of Coastal Trading and Pawn in Auburn, shows his graduate gemologist certificate from the Gemological Institute of America. A graduate gemologist is the highest certification in the jewelry industry. LaChapelle has risen to the level of expert in diamonds and colored stones,  and can perform appraisals on all forms of jewelry and stones, as well gem indentification. 

 

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