The De Beers Group of Companies’ International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), plans to introduce its popular screening instrument PhosView™ in the UK at the UK Jewellery Conference scheduled to be held at the East Midlands Conference Centre on October 3-4, 2016.

Describing it as a “compact, self-contained screening device”, De Beers explained: “During analysis, colourless and near-colourless stones in the 0.003 carat (one third of a point, or 0.9mm) to one carat size range are viewed on a screen while being subjected to UV light. Any phosphorescing stones are revealed and may be manually separated out for further analysis using built-in manipulator arms. The machine is designed to screen loose diamonds as well some jewellery pieces.”

The instrument was launched at the Hong Kong Gem & Jewellery Fair held from September 14-18, 2016.

Jonathan Kendall, President of IIDGR, commented: “Since we launched PhosView™ two weeks ago, we have seen a very positive response from the trade. Confidence is of paramount importance in the jewellery sector, and the efficient, reliable and cost-effective solution that PhosView™ provides for HPHT synthetic screening has proved to be very popular.

He added: “We look forward to demonstrating the instrument to the UK trade for the first time at the UK Jewellery Conference, where attendees will also be able to learn about our rapidly growing polished diamond grading services first-hand.”

IIDGR will also introduce its polished diamond grading services to the UK trade at The UK Jewellery Conference, which is being organised by the Company of Master Jewellers.