Gemetrix Dove Diamond Inspector

The Dove is tailored for use with diamond, specifically for colourless D - J colours, though it may have use for coloured diamonds and other gems. It is characterised by using 220 nm Deep UV (DUV) that produces different luminescent reactions in diamond depending on their origin. Natural diamonds will fluoresce blue and not phosphoresce, while synthetic diamonds will either fluoresce a non-blue colour (purple, orange, yellow, green) or phosphoresce. Imitations such as CZ and moissanite are generally inert. Unlike the Jewellery / PL Inspectors, no comparisons have to be made between reactions from two different UV wavelengths.

In 99% of instances the reaction colour and phosphorescence from DUV are enough to identify if a diamond is natural or synthetic. This 'single view' ability enables inspection of jewellery that is larger than the viewing area, such as tennis bracelets or necklaces, by scanning over the piece and observing the reaction colour. LW is provided for instances where there is an anomalous reaction - yellow or phosphorescence among a collection of naturals, as these anomalous diamonds will exhibit bright fluorescence under LW, unlike with synthetics which are not very reactive to LW.

No apps are needed to use a Dove, though one is provided on the Gemetrix app in case a photo record or DUV / LW comparison is needed.

The components for a Dove are significantly more expensive than a Jewellery Inspector and hence a Dove is more expensive, but much less than comparative models which use the same deep UV wavelength.

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Using a Dove Diamond Inspector (see 3 min video below):

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