GJ400-OOO - Advanced Synthetic Diamond Seminar

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ASA and GIA

Learn the latest techniques to identify laboratory-grown diamonds from GIA researchers! This two-day seminar builds on GIA’s more than 60 years of scientific research into natural, treated and laboratory-grown diamonds and 80 years of GIA’s industry-leading gemological education programs.

Course Description

Laboratory-grown (often referred to as synthetic) diamond technology is moving quickly, and with more laboratory-grown diamonds available in the market, the gem and jewelry trade needs to be prepared with tools and techniques that will help them distinguish natural from laboratory-grown diamonds.

Instructional Methods

This seminar is a combination of lecture and lab that leverages the expertise of GIA research scientists and the education skills and experience of GIA instructors. The GIA research scientist presenting the seminar has expert knowledge of laboratory-grown diamond as a material, its identification and gemological characteristics, along with the processes used by GIA’s laboratories to separate laboratory-grown from natural diamonds.

Agenda

The following topics are covered in this course:

1. Natural and laboratory-grown diamond formation;
2. Diamond defects and their analysis (including the basic principles of spectroscopy);
3. The gemological properties of laboratory-grown chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) diamonds;
4. Post-growth treatment of laboratory-grown diamond;
5. The analytical instrumentation used by laboratories to identify laboratory-grown diamonds;
6. Hands-on sample examination of natural and laboratory-grown diamonds;
7. Hands-on operation of GIA instruments including the GIA iD100™, GIA DiamondCheck™ and the GIA UV Lamp with Viewing Cabinet.

Learning Outcomes

In this seminar, participants will gain in-depth knowledge of advanced diamond identification techniques, including hands-on experience with current production of laboratory-grown diamonds and the latest detection technology.