RAPAPORT... Indian jewelry retailer Kirtilals has opened a portable, in-store laboratory to enable clients to check their diamonds' properties, cut and value, The Hindu newspaper reported.
- The portable lab has an optical microscope along with a set of three machines: a Diamond Analyzer to check whether the stones are authentic or lab-grown; a Sarine machine to identify defects in the diamond cutting and symmetry; and fluorescence to test the light of the stone
- Equipment for the laboratory, set up at a cost of $93,600 (INR 6 million), is sourced from De Beers, according to the report.
- "Our representatives will give an insight into pricing parameters and quality factors that go beyond normal certification that any jewelry store provides,” said Suraj Shantakumar, Kirtilals' director of business strategy.
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