The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), a De Beers Group company, has unveiled SYNTHdetect at JCK Las Vegas. According to IIDGR, SYNTHdetect “is the first synthetic screening device in the industry to test multiple stones in set jewellery at once without the need for a probe […] and has the industry’s lowest referral rate at around 0.05 per cent”.
The device uses IIDGR’s “patented luminescence technology to rapidly and simultaneously screen stones set in a wide range of jewellery pieces, including rings, earrings, bangles, broaches and necklaces”.
Jonathan Kendall, President of IIDGR, said: “SYNTHdetect screens multiple stones in set jewellery quickly, easily and reliably, and with the industry’s lowest referral rate. It will provide jewellery manufacturers and retailers with greater levels of assurance that every diamond they purchase and sell as a natural diamond is exactly that.
