Rapaport articles on the new synthetics

[mike04456]

The first two are interviews with Gemesis and Apollo, the last is Rapaport''s thoughts on the whole thing--a refreshing take on it, I think.




A Diamond is a Diamond?




Raining Diamonds




Cultured Diamonds




By the way, I have since been told by people who know that the $5/ct figure quoted in Wired is complete nonsense--it does not apply to their gem-quality production.

 

[aljdewey]

"On occasion, our customers have sent them to Gemological Institute of America (GIA), and it has been able to identify them. Almost 100 percent of the time, the stones can be identified using the De Beers DiamondSure machine that identifies their photoluminescence."




Great quote....I hope that finally puts to bed the issue of "indistinguishable from natural diamonds".




Great articles, LG