HPHT-Treated Diamonds: Diamonds Forever

by Inga A. Dobrinets, Victor. G. Vins, Alexander M. Zaitsev

Overview

High-temperature and high-pressure treatment of diamond is becoming an important technology to elaborate diamonds. This is the first book providing a comprehensive review of the properties of HPHT-treated diamonds, based on the analysis of published data and the work of the authors. The book gives a detailed analysis of the physics of transformation of internal structures of diamonds subjected to HPHT treatment and discusses how these transformations can be detected using methods of optical microscopy and spectroscopy. It also gives practical recommendations for the recognition of HPHT-treated diamonds. The book is written in a language and terms which can be understood by a broad audience of physicists, mineralogists and gemologists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783662506462
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	08/23/2016
Series:	Springer Series in Materials Science , #181
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Pages:	257
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Natural Diamonds Used for HPHT Treatment.- Process of HPHT Treatment.- Features of HPHT Treated Diamonds.- Recognition of HPHT Treated Diamonds.- Concluding Remarks: Diamond Treatment is a Never-Ending Story.