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Gemesis Laboratory-Created Diamonds

High-quality synthetic diamonds created by the Gemesis Corp. are examined and their gemmological properties are explicated.

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10 Study Samples Before and After HPHT Processing
GE POL Diamonds: Before and After

This article explores and identifies the changes that type IIa GE POL diamonds experience before and after HPHT annealing.

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The Characteristics and Identification of Filled Diamonds

This article reports on the study of six diamonds, both before and after a filling treatment, and the examination of 12 additional filled stones.

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Latest-Generation CVD-Grown Synthetic Diamonds from Apollo Diamond Inc.

High-quality CVD-grown diamonds, comparable in colour and clarity to natural diamonds, can be identified using a combination of gemmological and spectroscopic properties.

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Diamonds from the Argyle Mine
An Economic Review of the Past Decade in Diamonds

The diamond industry has been buffeted by extreme price volatility during the last decade, unlike any encountered since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Rough CLIPPIR diamonds
The Very Deep Origin of the World’s Biggest Diamonds

Explores 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.

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Characterisation and Grading of Natural-Colour Pink Diamonds

Known for their great beauty and rarity, pink diamonds have long been sought after by jewellers, collectors and consumers.

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Colour Grading “D-to-Z” Diamonds at the GIA Laboratory

This article discusses the history and ongoing development of GIA's colour grading system, and explains how its laboratory applies it.

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Characterisation and Grading of Natural-Colour Yellow Diamonds

A 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.

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Characterising Natural-Colour Type IIB Blue Diamonds

More 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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