Mediterranean Gemmological and Jewellery Conference in Greece announce the addition of a new speake ron June 27 2015 in Athens. Dr. Brad Cann from De Beers Research will present a paper on “Fluorescence imaging of CVD Synthetic samples and Natural Diamonds”.
Other topics at the 1st Mediterranean Conference in Athens include:
- Production, gemmological characteristics and value of Argyle Coloured Diamonds; how to distinguish them from non-Argyle pink diamonds and synthetic pinks.
- Testing and identification of Melee Synthetic Diamonds and Pearls.
- Update on the production of Synthetic HPHT and CVD Diamonds and how to identify and evaluate them using standard and advanced instruments.
- Examination of the characteristics of Mozambique Rubies compared with Burma’s rubies, and discussion on the impact the term “Pigeon’s Blood” has on the value of high quality rubies.
Speakers: Dr. Thomas Hainschwang (Lichtenstein), Francesca Peretti (Switzerland), Branko Deljanin (Canada), Wolf Kuehn (Canada), Dr. Joe C.C. Yuan (Taiwan), Dr. Brad Cann (UK), John Chapman (Australia) and Gail Brett Levine (USA). More on speakers & registration at www.gemconference.com.
- Practical 1 Day Workshop organized by CGL-GRS on the use of a standard instruments and advanced instruments in detecting 50 natural, HPHT-grown, CVD-grown and treated diamonds.
- SPECIAL: “Trip to Mogok” (GRS documentary on gem mining in Mogok and gem market)
ROUND TABLE on Synthetic Diamonds, “Update on Breakthrough in Production and Identification Techniques” with top experts in production and identification synthetic diamonds answering questions from participants.
Participants from Austria, Algeria, Canada, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA and Turkey will attend the conference. All 2015 Greece conference participants are invited to submit digital posters (gemmology/jewellery/education/retail related) for the “Poster Competition”.
Diamond sponsor of conference is OGI (Israel), Platinum sponsor is CERTILINE (Italy) and Gold sponsor is HRA (Canada).
The conference will take place on June 27 and 28th at the luxurious Divani Apollon & Thalasso Hotel in heart of Athens Riviera.
A one-day guided tour of Athens on June 29th is included (for participants) in the Conference fee.
