GJ400-OOO - Advanced Synthetic Diamond Seminar
Category: Gems & Jewelry
Continuing Education: 19.2
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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.
No prerequisites for this course.
Agenda
The following topics are covered in this course:
- Natural and laboratory-grown diamond formation;
- Diamond defects and their analysis (including the
basic principles of spectroscopy);
- The gemological properties of laboratory-grown
chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT)
diamonds;
- Post-growth treatment of laboratory-grown diamond;
- The analytical instrumentation used by laboratories to
identify laboratory-grown diamonds;
- Hands-on sample examination of natural and
laboratory-grown diamonds;
- 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.