The best of Gems & Gemology on the subject of synthetic diamonds: now available in a single comprehensive volume.
Synthetic diamonds are one of the most important challenges facing gem and jewelry professionals today. From the first reports on gem-quality synthetic diamonds in the 1970s, to recent advances in manufacturing and identification - if it has been covered by the world's leading producers and researchers, it has been covered in GIA's award-winning quarterly journal, Gems & Gemology. And now, it's all available in one complete reference volume. Some of the material in this volume is from G&G issues that are long out of print. That means you won't find this information anywhere else.
Features
- More than 30 years of cutting-edge synthetic diamond research by leading gemological researchers and producers
Editorial commentary by GIA's Dr. James Shigley
50 separate entries comprising more than 300 pages of material
PLUS! Includes two wall charts in a sturdy bound-in pouch: the Separation of Synthetic and Natural Diamonds, and Characteristics of HPHT-Grown Synthetic Diamonds
Softbound in an attractive slipcase
Your one-stop reference for synthetic diamond information
Preface
by Dr. James Shigley
The first documented production of very tiny, industrial-quality synthetic diamonds in the mid-1950s marked the culmination of more than a century of scientific research to create the necessary conditions for successful diamond growth in the laboratory. This event was greeted at the time as a tremendous technological achievement; and within a few years, the production of "man-made" diamonds was commercialized for important uses in cutting, grinding, and polishing operations and in specialized tools for the working of hard materials. From this modest beginning, the manufacture of industrial synthetic diamonds has increased significantly to production levels on the order of 450 tons in 2003 alone (Sung, 2003). more...
Table of Contents
- First Reports on Synthetic Diamonds
- Early Synthetic Diamonds in the Jewelry Trade
- Advances in Manufacture and Identification
- HPHT-Grown Synthetic Diamonds in the 21st Century
- CVD-Grown Synthetic Diamonds
12th June 2005