Since synthetic diamonds first appeared in the commercial market in the 1950’s, the quality and scale of production has increased dramatically with techniques now able to produce stones in high volume and in extreme cases in excess of 10 carats. With continuing advances in production technology making it ever easier to produce laboratory-grown diamonds using either High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) or Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) processes, research suggests that the volume expect…

ANCHORCERT ANALYTICAL ADVISES ON ASSAYING ACCURACY AT LBMA CONFERENCE 2017 AnchorCert Analytical are pleased to confirm that they will present a detailed talk on ‘Analysis of high purity gold by the Fire Assay method’ at this year’s LBMA Assaying and Refining Conference, to be held at The Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, London from 19 to 22 March.