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25/04/2023
Location:
Hoveniersstraat 22 /2018 Antwep
Antwerp / Belgium
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Course Hours:
From 8:45 am to 4:45 pm.
Coffee breaks and lunch break.
Duration: 1 day
Capacity: 10 Students
Deposit:
In order to guarantee your place in the course, we ask you to pay a deposit of 250€ 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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For more information, we ask you please to contact:
education@hrdantwerp.com
Important Final price may vary according to local tax laws
Min. age: 18 years.
You need to be colour-perceptive.
Diploma: HRD Antwerp Certified Diamond Grader is not required but helpful.
Target Group
This course is meant for:
Diamond dealers, diamond polishing experts, appraisers and graders, gemmologists, researchers, jewellers and designers, sales managers and job seekers.
Course Content
- Introduction to Fancy Coloured Diamonds.
- Overview of the most common natural diamond colours.
- Explanation of and exercises on grading of natural diamond colours using the HRD Antwerp Colour Evaluation System.
- Diamond types and their properties.
- History and production methods of laboratory-grown diamonds.
- Treatments.
- Examination methods for laboratory-grown diamonds and clarity and colour enhanced diamonds.
Diploma
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Synthetic Diamonds & Fancy Coloured Diamonds
Would you like to know more about fancy coloured diamonds, diamond treatments or laboratory-grown diamonds and diamond spectroscopy? HRD Antwerp offers workshops designed to introduce you into the fascinating world of extraordinary diamonds and focus on ruby, sapphire and emerald.
Synthetic Diamonds & Fancy Coloured Diamonds
Up until the fifties, a colourless or nearly colourless gem diamond was by definition a natural one. In the eighties, the first laboratory-grown gem quality diamonds appeared on the market. The arrival of these synthetic stones brought about enormous challenges for scientists and researchers. They embarked upon an intensive search for new techniques to identify the true nature of a diamond: natural, treated or laboratory-grown.
What is a synthetic diamond? Why is ‘CVD’ such a hot topic? How many synthetic diamonds are produced? How can I recognize a synthetic diamond? Can a synthetic diamond be blue? Why are natural pink diamonds so expensive? What is a Fancy Colour? Why such diamonds have a different Diamond Grading Report? Is an irradiated diamond dangerous ?
In this 1-day workshop we will discuss the synthesis methods and discuss the characteristics of synthetic stones. We will also explain the colour origin of fancy coloured diamonds and how they are graded.
Duration
Requirements
Min. age: 18 years.
You need to be colour-perceptive.
Diploma: HRD Antwerp Certified Diamond Grader is not required but helpful.
Number of attendants
Target Group
This course is meant for:
Diamond dealers, diamond polishing experts, appraisers and graders, gemmologists, researchers, jewellers and designers, sales managers and job seekers.
Course Content
- Introduction to Fancy Coloured Diamonds.
- Overview of the most common natural diamond colours.
- Explanation of and exercises on grading of natural diamond colours using the HRD Antwerp Colour Evaluation System.
- Diamond types and their properties.
- History and production methods of laboratory-grown diamonds.
- Treatments.
- Examination methods for laboratory-grown diamonds and clarity and colour enhanced diamonds.
Diploma
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