NDC’s Assure Program Adding Mounted Jewelry Testing

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Oh good. They've only been testing unset stones so far, so this will open up testing for set stones and they'll find out how many synths are being passed off as natural; especially if they can test melee since that's where so many lab-growns have been mixed in with naturals.

NDC’s Assure Program Adding Mounted Jewelry Testing


The Natural Diamond Council’s Assure Program is launching version 2.0 this fall, adding testing for diamonds set into jewelry and enlisting a second lab as a testing site in Antwerp.

"New York—The Natural Diamond Council announced Monday the Assure Program will begin testing mounted jewelry this fall and will be doubling its testing capacity by adding a second lab.

Launched in 2019, Assure uses third-party entities to test and provide feedback on the instruments designed to separate natural diamonds from lab-grown stones and simulants.

The program launched in 2019, testing loose stones on instruments from manufacturers including De Beers Group, the Gemological Institute of America, Presidium, DRC Techno, and more.

Assure 2.0 will expand to gauge the machines’ capability to test diamonds set into jewelry, with both open- and closed-back mounted stones included in the testing regimen, NDC said.

In addition, Assure has enlisted a second lab for the program, located at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.

This facility will operate alongside the original Assure testing location, UL in Canton, Massachusetts, using the same samples and procedures.

NDC said the addition of the Antwerp lab will double its testing capacity.

It also will add geographic diversity, giving instrument manufacturers a European ... "
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