PL Inspector - Gemetrix templates synthetics and treatments

synthetics and treatments

They make excellent gifts

explores the gamut of colours displayed by diamonds in nature and

and are becoming increasingly more common in jewelry boxes around the world

Mandarins of the fourth rank wore rock crystal

PL Inspector - Gemetrix templates synthetics and treatmentsThe PL Inspector (PhotoLuminescence Inspector) allows observation of fluorescence and phosphorescence from short wave (SW) and long wave (LW) ultra violet illumination. These observations can help a gemmologist determine whether a diamond or gem is synthetic or treated. The colour and intensity of the fluorescence provides a useful indicator, with a common test being whether the SW intensity is brighter than the LW, thereby suggestive of a synthetic