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GIA Rolls Out Synthetic Melee Testing Service
Dec 6, 2016 3:48 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has started
accepting stones for its automated melee testing service, which identifies
potential synthetics in batches of small diamonds.
Following a five-month
pilot, the GIA Melee Analysis Service is now open at most GIA laboratories
for customers to submit round, 0.005 to 0.25-carat, D-Z color diamonds, the
institute said.
The rapid service processes 1,800 to 2,000 stones per hour, separating
natural, untreated diamonds from simulants and potentially synthetic or treated
diamonds. It then sorts the screened diamonds by color and returns them to the
customer in a sealed package.
GIA will charge $0.08 per stone for smaller diamonds, starting
at the 0.90-1.49 millimeter range, and increase its prices gradually all the
way up to $0.40 per stone for the 3.50-4.00 millimeter highest tier.
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Tags:
Gemological Institute of America, GIA, grading, lab-grown diamonds, melee, Rapaport News, Synthetics, technology, testing
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