High-quality synthetic diamonds created by the Gemesis Corp. are examined and their gemmological properties are explicated.
Read MoreThis article explores and identifies the changes that type IIa GE POL diamonds experience before and after HPHT annealing.
Read MoreThis article reports on the study of six diamonds, both before and after a filling treatment, and the examination of 12 additional filled stones.
Read MoreHigh-quality CVD-grown diamonds, comparable in colour and clarity to natural diamonds, can be identified using a combination of gemmological and spectroscopic properties.
Read MoreThe diamond industry has been buffeted by extreme price volatility during the last decade, unlike any encountered since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Read MoreExplores an exceptional family of diamonds, referred to as “CLIPPIR” (Cullinan-like, Large, Inclusion-Poor, Pure, Irregular and Resorbed), that formed in a super-deep environment.
Read MoreKnown for their great beauty and rarity, pink diamonds have long been sought after by jewellers, collectors and consumers.
Read MoreThis article discusses the history and ongoing development of GIA's colour grading system, and explains how its laboratory applies it.
Read MoreA large number of natural-colour yellow diamonds are analysed using grading and appearance aspects among other characteristics to clarify the differences between them and the light yellow diamonds associated with GIA's D-to-Z colour grading scale.
Read MoreMore than 400 blue diamonds were studied at the GIA Gem Trade Laboratory over several years to reveal additional information about the relationships between their colour, clarity and other gemmological properties.
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