Rough Diamond Grading Evaluation Course Outline
- How to use a loupe correctly
- Gem and near gem
- Different quality shapes colour sizing and sieving
- Great precision of what is SAWABLE, MAKEABLES, MACCLES, CLIVAGE, REJECTIONS, FLATS and BOART with its qualities and colours
- Cullinan – De Beers mine – surface – underground tour
- Visits to various alluvial diggings
- How to use the Rapaport Diamond Price List. And the international Rapaport diamond price structure
- How to look for and identify the grain in a sawed (four point) diamond
- How to look for and identify the crystal symmetry, axis, plane, form and habit of diamond crystals
- Moissanite identification
- The study of impurity centres in rough diamond crystals, their cause and effect
- How to select diamonds for fancy shapes, determining their ultimate form when in the rough
- How to determine colour in diamonds, both natural and artificial, and its effect on buying and selling
- How to select rough diamonds for purity, colour, size, shape and unusual qualities
- How to determine whether a whole rough diamond is to be cleaved, sawed or remain whole
- The process used in cutting and shaping elliptical diamonds such as , ovals,marquises pear shaped diamonds, etc
- Classification of rough gems and industrial diamonds
- How to use the Rapaport Diamond Price List and the international diamond price structure
- Moissanite identification
- Reading your GIA reports (Gemological Institute of America)
- How to determine table, crown angle, pavilion and depth
- Diamond grading systehysical and optical properties: how to clarity grade, and how to plot clarity characteristics
Course Costs
- South African citizen: R115000
- Non-South African citizen: US$1200 Note a rate surcharge payable before commencement of the course
Commencement The Rough Diamond Evaluation and Grading Courses will be run as follows:
- Monthly Waterkloof Pretoria
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
- Although these prices are current, Corlia Roberts Diamond Education College reserves the rights to change prices without prior notice
Certification
- There will be a exam on completion of the course, and the student will receive a Internationally recognized Certificate stating that they have successfully completed the Rough Diamond Evaluation and Grading Course at The Corlia Roberts Diamond Education College.
- The Rough diamond and Evaluation course is available to (1) Foreign passport holders OR (2) South African Citizens (3)Or holders of a Diamond Beneficiation or Diamond Dealers Licence from the The South African Diamond & Precious Metals Regulator (SADPMR)
- Each course is limited to a maximum of 6 (Six) students. Corlia can be contacted on 2773 9990999
Certification
- There will be a exam on completion of the course, and the student will receive a Certificate of Completion
