21-12-2018
De Beers announces works with the National Gemstone Testing Center (NGTC) to extend the accessibility of De Beers’ diamond education courses to students in China at the Beijing Jewellery Show. Sun Feng Min, Vice Director of NGTC said: “The NGTC and De Beers Group will cooperate to run a series of courses on diamond identification, grading, the diamond value chain, synthetic diamonds and other related topics.” Courses will focus on a range of topics, including:
- Insight into the diamond pipeline from start to finish, supporting the ability of participants to develop knowledge for commercial purposes, such as with sales presentations in a retail environment
- Lab-based courses to examine how to grade polished diamonds to a professional standard
- Synthetic diamond detection techniques so that students can effectively identify synthetic stones
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