This advanced training course is an intense gemmological programme that offers a detailed hands-on approach to identifying treatment and origin of ruby, sapphire and emerald. The course syllabus is built up in a modular structure.
You will work hands-on with an optical microscope and UV-lamp to identify the common characteristics of: i) natural ruby, sapphire and emerald from different geographic origins, ii) synthetic ruby, sapphire, and emerald, and iii) treated ruby, sapphire, and emerald, while being made aware of the possibilities and limitations of gemstone authenticity, origin determination and treatment detection with these methods.
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