Antwerp: On November 21, HRD Antwerp organised a “Diamond Night” at the Grand Hotel et de Milan in Milan in the presence of the Belgian Ambassador to Italy, HE Patrick Vercauteren Drubbel and a delegation of leading Italian jewellers.
The event was part of a series of networking events throughout Europe aiming to develop long-lasting partnerships with local jewellers while providing them with the latest diamond trends and technologies.
During the exclusive event, HRD Antwerp showcased its recently redesigned grading reports. The attending guests were also given an in-depth introduction on how the 4Cs (carat, colour, clarity and cut) define the quality of a diamond, and how HRD Antwerp uses the latest technology to analyse and validate them in its diamond grading reports.
The presentation also included an introduction on lab-grown diamonds. A laboratory grown diamond is man-made but features the same optical and physical properties as a natural diamond, including its chemical composition, refractive index and 4Cs. The only difference is its point of origin. One is grown in a controlled lab environment while the other is extracted from the ground.
As the diamond and diamond jewellery market has seen an influx of lab-grown diamonds recently, guests showed a great deal of interest during a hands-on demonstration of the M-Screen+. The M-screen+ is the world’s fastest automated melee screening device that screens round brilliant diamonds from 0.005 to 0.10 ct for potentially lab grown diamonds, potentially HPHT colour enhanced diamonds and simulants. The M-Screen+ will enable diamond brokers and suppliers to the diamond jewellery industry to rest assured their parcels of diamonds contain nothing but natural diamonds.
