Synthetic Diamond Update

The Australian Gemmologist writes:

At a recent meeting of the The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB)in Ramat Gan, Israel, the WFDB made three significant resolutions with respect to synthetic diamonds:

1. The usage of synthetic diamonds for gem purposes will be acknowledged and gemological laboratories will be requested and encouraged to issue certificates describing the same, provided that such certificates clearly emphasize the fact that such are synthetic diamonds.

2. The term synthetic diamonds will be used for man-made or laboratory produced diamonds.

3. The terminology normally used by laboratories to describe the features of diamonds should not be utilized for synthetic diamonds and that the International Diamond Council will be authorized to formulate alternative terminology to describe such features for usage by laboratories.