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IGI Launches Synthetics Screening Center
Mar 21, 2018 4:41 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... The International Gemological Institute (IGI) will open a
new screening facility for detecting laboratory-grown stones at the Santacruz
Electronic Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) in Mumbai, the grading organization said Tuesday.
The center — which IGI claims is the first of its
type in SEEPZ — will enable companies in the jewelry-manufacturing hub to
assure customers a stone is natural. The service can be used independently, or
added to the grading process.
SEEPZ is a special area in Mumbai where certain tax
exemptions apply, and is home to a large number of jewelry exporters.
“The screening facility…provides peace of mind to the
manufacturers who export their goods to the international markets, especially
when the market is threatened by the infiltration of synthetic diamonds in the
inventory of natural diamonds,” said Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI
India.
Jewelers will be able to use the technology to screen both
loose stones and mounted jewelry.
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Tags:
IGI, International Gemological Institute, laboratory-grown stone, mumbai, Rapaport News, Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone, screening facility, Seepz, Synthetics, Tehmasp Printer
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