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Screening for Synthetic and Colored Diamonds
July 17, 2012 | Gemological Institute of America

Undisclosed synthetic diamonds and color treatments are a huge problem in the diamond trade. The Gemological Institute of America now has a low cost method to screen and document the nature of small diamonds.


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