GIA to Present IDE With Synthetic Diamonds Device

GIA President Susan Jacques, and her deputy, Tom Moses, will visit exchange when the device arrives. According to Moses, synthetic diamonds cannot pass examination by the device without being detected

Israel Diamond Exchange President Shmuel Schnitzer, and Chairman of the Industry, Marketing and External Relations Committee, Yoram Dvash, met on Thursday in New York with Tom Moses, Vice President of the GIA and Director of Research and Global Laboratories.

The meeting was held at the initiative of Schnitzer and Dvash during their visit to New York for the Israel Diamond Week in the city. At the meeting, Moses promised that the Israel Diamond Exchange would receive the new device, which is the most advanced of its kind developed by the Gemological Institute of America for the identification of synthetic diamonds.

The machine can detect synthetic stones with an accuracy rate of 97%, while the remaining 3% of the suspect stones are classified by the device as “not clear”.

Diamonds classified as such should be sent to the laboratory for a more comprehensive inspection. According to Moses, synthetic diamonds cannot pass examination by the device without being detected.

The Israel Diamond Exchange, it seems, will be the first in the world to receive the sophisticated device. The device is expected to arrive in Israel in early February 2014. At that time, GIA President Susan Jacques and Vice President Tom Moses are due to visit the exchange.

A special ceremony will be held to mark the handing over of the machine to the Technology Division of the Israel Diamond Exchange by Jacques and Vice President Tom Moses.