Table of Contents

1. First Reports on Synthetic Diamonds

General Electric’s cuttable synthetic diamonds (1971)    

Identifying gem-quality synthetic diamonds: An update (1984)      

Magnetic properties of gem-quality synthetic diamonds (1984)           

Editorial: The ultimate synthetic: A jewelry-quality diamond (1986)

The gemological properties of the Sumitomo gem-quality synthetic diamonds (1986)

Lab Notes: Synthetic diamond (1987)

The gemological properties of the De Beers gem-quality synthetic diamonds (1987)

Gem News: De Beers announces world’s largest synthetic diamond crystal (1990)

Gem News: Gem-quality synthetic diamonds from the USSR (1991)

Symposium Proceedings: Gemological properties of gem-quality synthetic diamonds (1991)

Symposium Proceedings: Internal structure in synthesized diamond crystals revealed by fluorescence in a laser beam (1991)

Gem News: G.E. synthesizes large carbon-13 diamonds (1991)

2. Early Synthetic Diamonds in the Jewelry Trade

An update on Sumitomo gem-quality synthetic diamonds (1992)

De Beers near colorless-to-blue experimental gem-quality synthetic diamonds (1993)

Gem News: De Beers now marketing high-quality, high-pressure synthetic diamond products (1993)

Two treated-color synthetic red diamonds seen in the trade (1993)

Two near-colorless General Electric type IIa synthetic diamond crystals (1993)

The gemological properties of Russian gem-quality synthetic diamonds (1993)

Lab Notes: Faceted yellow synthetic diamond (1993)

Gem News: Near-colorless Russian synthetic diamond examined (1994)

Lab Notes: Synthetic diamond suite (1995)

3. Advances in Manufacture and Identification

A chart for the separation of natural and synthetic diamonds (1995)

Lab Notes: A notable yellow synthetic diamond from Russia (1996)

Gem News: Synthetic diamonds are in the marketplace (1996)

Gem News: Tairus synthetic diamonds in jewelry (1996)

Gem News: Chatham synthetic “white” diamonds at JCK show (1996)

De Beers natural versus synthetic diamond verification instruments (1996)

Gemological properties of near-colorless synthetic diamonds (1997)

Lab Notes: Synthetic diamond showing change of color (1998)

Gem News: Synthetic diamonds widely available (1999)

Lab Notes: Black synthetic diamond (1999)

Lab Notes: Group of 18 synthetic diamonds submitted at one time (1999)

Symposium Proceedings: The ongoing challenge of diamond identification (1999)

Symposium Proceedings: Colors of high-pressure synthetic diamonds (1999)

4. HPHT-Grown Synthetic Diamonds in the 21st Century

Lab Notes: Light blue synthetic diamond (2000)

Lab Notes: Synthetic diamond with distinctive surface features (2001)

Gemesis laboratory-created diamonds (2002)

Gem News International: LifeGem synthetic diamond (2003)

Gem News International: A bicolored synthetic diamond (2003)

Lab Notes: Two yellow synthetic diamonds (2004)

Lab-grown colored diamonds from Chatham Created Gems (2004)

Lab Notes: Unusual near-colorless synthetic diamond (2004)

An updated chart on the characteristics of HPHT-grown synthetic diamonds (2004)

5. CVD-Grown Synthetic Diamonds

A preliminary gemological study of synthetic diamond thin films (1989)

Gem News: Bluish gray synthetic diamond thin films grown on faceted diamonds (1991)

Symposium Proceedings: Gemological applications of synthetic diamond and diamond-like carbon products grown using the low-pressure deposition technique (1991)

Gem News International: Chemical vapor deposition (CVD)—A new source of gem-quality laboratory-created diamond (2003)

Editorial: Tomorrow’s challenge: CVD synthetic diamonds (2003)

Gem-quality synthetic diamonds grown by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method (2003)

Identification of synthetic diamond grown using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) (2004)