OUR TRAININGS
Rough Diamonds
OBJECTIVES
To understand the characteristics of rough diamonds and how the rough diamond market operates.
TEACHING METHODS AND RESOURCES
- Training provided by a professional gemmologist
- Use of gemmological equipment: loupe, binocular microscope, UV lamp, polariscope
- Practical tuition with observation of a collection of natural rough diamonds of various shapes and qualities
LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHOD
- Knowledge assessment
- Certificate issued at the end of training
PROGRAMME
DAY 1
- Geology and description of rough diamonds: from formation to exportation (extraction methods, world diamond mines)
- Understand the rough diamond industry: organisation, major diamond producers and multiple intermediaries
- Culture and practices of mining operators, local buying and selling counters
- …
DAY 2 AND 3
- Exportation to international Diamond Bourses
- Rough diamonds sorting in the diamond industry and in Jewellery: characteristics
- Study of the 4C’s of rough diamond
- …
DAY 4
- The 4C’s of polished diamonds and fluorescence. Learn to observe in detail the cut of a diamond.
- Introduction to reading an international gemmology certificate
- Introduction to international professional vocabulary
- …
DAY 5
- Definitions, gemmology and the diamond market realities
Duration
35 hours
Session venue
Laboratoire Français de Gemmologie – 30, rue de la Victoire 75009 Paris
Inquiries and Subscription
CONTACT US :
contact@lfg.paris
(+33) 01 40 26 25 45
30, rue de la Victoire - 75009 Paris
Monday - Thusday : 9H30 to 17H00
Friday : 9h30 to 16h30
Withdrawal files at same days and time
