Diamond Services, a developer and provider of screening services and technology for the diamond and jewelry industries, will expand its lab-grown and color-treated diamond screening service to Israel.
Diamond Services will manage its Israeli operation in Room 462 of the Yahalom Building in the Israel Diamond Exchange complex. The launch of operations in Israel comes on the heels of the inauguration of the company’s lab-grown and color-treated diamond screening service in Shanghai last November, and is the next stage in a rollout of services to major diamond centers around the world.
All diamonds submitted for screening are tested using Diamond Services’ proprietary Diamatest and mini Raman Spectrometer, which were developed by the company and released respectively in 2014 and 2015. Together they are the only system currently available that is able to test both mounted and un-mounted stones regardless the size and shape, and can accurately detect whether they are lab-grown synthetics, HPHT color-treated diamonds or diamond simulants, providing a conclusive finding, according to a company press release.
“With increasing reports of lab-grown diamonds being sold without proper disclosure, or, even worse, with grading reports that mask their true identity, it is becoming increasingly imperative that diamond traders verify whether their merchandise is natural or not, especially with the ‘memo’ type of business. Our screening service is designed to do just that. It results are conclusive, meaning that we can accurately identify synthetics, treated goods and simulants on the spot, with no stones needing to be referred for further testing,” explains Diamond Services’ CEO and President Joseph Kuzi.
