Synthetics
AG&J Responds To GIA Decision To Grade LGD With Same Terminology As Natural Diamonds
Analytical Gemology and Jewelry head Dusan Simic has launched a response to the decision of the GIA to grade laboratory-grown diamonds in what he calls a standardized fashion. “It is also unfortunate that the GIA only made its decision regarding LGDs after the recent publication of the third edition of Laboratory-Grown Diamonds - Information guide to HPHT and CVD-grown diamonds, by myself and Branko Deljanin,” Dusan commented.
AG&J Responds To GIA Decision To Grade LGD With Same Terminology As Natural Diamonds
Analytical Gemology and Jewelry head Dusan Simic has launched a response to the decision of the GIA to grade laboratory-grown diamonds in what he calls a standardized fashion. “It is also unfortunate that the GIA only made its decision regarding LGDs after the recent publication of the third edition of Laboratory-Grown Diamonds - Information guide to HPHT and CVD-grown diamonds, by myself and Branko Deljanin,” Dusan commented.
Diamond Industry Experts Set To Publish 3rd Edition Of Book On Laboratory Grown Diamonds
Gem and jewelry industry experts Dusan Simic and Branko Deljanin have announced that they are set to publish the 3rd edition of their best-selling book Lab-Grown Diamonds - Information guide to HPHT and CVD -grown diamonds.
IIA Technologies Found To Have Infringed Element Six Synthetic Diamond Patent
Element Six today expressed satisfaction at the successful conclusion of its patent infringement action against IIa Technologies in Singapore. IIa Technologies was found by The High Court of Singapore to have infringed an Element Six patent for proprietary synthetic diamond products and their method of manufacture (Singapore patent number 115872).
GIA Visit to HPHT Diamond Factory in China Shows Growth in Synthetics Manufacturing
An article by the GIA finds that rapid progress has been made in recent few years in High-Pressure, High-Temperature (HPHT) technology. It is able to make melee-size diamonds around 2–3 mm in diameter and large colorless single crystals, and they all feature significantly improved quality and growth rate.
Indian Diamond Center To Display Synthetic Diamond Detection Technology
A range of leading global gem labs and technology firms are to exhibit their technology and equipment which detect synthetic diamonds at the Diamond Detection Expo & Symposium (DDES 2015) in December.
In addition, seminars and panel discussions featuring experts and trade members are also planned.
IIa Technologies Launches Huge 'Diamond Greenhouse'
Singapore-based IIa Technologies, the world leader in grown diamond technology, announced the launch of the world’s largest diamond greenhouse, a 200,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility that has successfully conceptualized and developed a revolutionary, commercially-viable diamond growing process for colorless, high-quality, type IIa diamonds.
Pure Grown Diamonds Reports Biggest Lab-Grown Stone
Pure Grown Diamonds says it has created the largest laboratory-grown diamond which it grew in late November and is certified by the International Gemological Institute.
It is a near colorless 3.04 carat, round stone, I color, SI1 clarity, very good cut stone that is up for sale for $23,012 on Pure Grown Diamonds' website.
Gemological Institute of America Contributes Advanced Synthetics Machines
Two new devices that are the most advanced developed by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) for identifying synthetic diamonds were unveiled at a special ceremony at the Israeli bourse and are available for use by exchange members in the technology wing of the trading hall.
Industry Fears Spread Over Synthetics in Melee Parcels
Call them lab-created or lab-grown or cultured diamonds or, less accurately, synthetic stones. Call them what you will, but there is no doubt that the issue of such diamonds is once again causing widespread concern in the diamond industry globally. The production of factory-created diamonds is at an all-time high, indeed experts say that never in the past has it been possible to make them so easily and relatively inexpensively.