PE111902
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28/10/2019 - 31/10/2019
Location:
Hoveniersstraat 22
Antwerp / Belgium
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Course Hours:
Monday to Thursday from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm.
Coffee breaks and lunch break.
Duration: 4 days
Capacity: 12 people
Deposit:
In order to guarantee your place in the course, we ask you to pay a deposit of 425€ within 15 days after registration. The remaining amount must be paid before the course starts in order to keep your place in the course.
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Please contact education@hrdantwerp.com for more information.
Important Final price may vary according to local tax laws
Min. age: 18 years.
Target Group
This course is meant for:
Jewellery retailers, jewellery designers, auctioneers, jewellery store sales staff and anyone who wants to pursue a career in jewellery sales.
Course Content
- Formation of natural and cultural pearls.
- Imitation pearls.
- Evaluate and grade cultured pearls.
- Study the internal structure of pearls (cross section).
- Terminology.
- Quality elements: size, shape, nacre thickness, surface, lustre and colour.
- Testing colour authenticity.
- Determination of calcite /aragonite.
- Value of natural, cultural and imitation pearls.
- Pearls in jewellery.
Examination
Diploma
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Pearls
During this course, our students learn how pearls are formed, which types of pearls we distinguish, how the quality of pearls is defined and how we set their value. In addition, you will also learn how to set pearls in jewellery.
Pearls
Today, there are 3 types of pearls: natural, cultured and imitations. How can we distinct them, what is a Tahitian cultured pearl, why are some of them black and others white or pink?
How can we identify treated pearls and how do we define the quality of a pearl, according to size, shape, nacre thickness, surface, lustre and colour? What's its value?
All these questions and many more are answered in our 4-day course about understanding pearls.
Duration
Requirements
Min. age: 18 years.
Number of attendants
Target Group
This course is meant for:
Jewellery retailers, jewellery designers, auctioneers, jewellery store sales staff and anyone who wants to pursue a career in jewellery sales.
Course Content
- Formation of natural and cultural pearls.
- Imitation pearls.
- Evaluate and grade cultured pearls.
- Study the internal structure of pearls (cross section).
- Terminology.
- Quality elements: size, shape, nacre thickness, surface, lustre and colour.
- Testing colour authenticity.
- Determination of calcite /aragonite.
- Value of natural, cultural and imitation pearls.
- Pearls in jewellery.
Examination
Diploma
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