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Courses currently being run at the college include the following:
- Rough Diamond Grading & Evaluation
(2 weeks)
- Polished Diamond & Gold
(3 days)
- Diamond Cutting & Polishing
(12 months)
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Course Objectives
To prepare the student to become proficient in every technique involved in the manufacture and grading of diamonds.
To teach the student how to sort and buy diamonds both in the rough and polished state and how colour, imperfection, shape and proportions affect prices. |
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Course outline
- Diamond crystallography
- Diamond grading systehysical and optical properties: how to clarity grade, and how to plot clarity
- Characteristics
- Inclusions and blemishes
- How to colour grade diamonds in the normal colour range
- How cut affects light return, beauty and value
- How to determine table, crown angle, pavilion and depth
- Measurements
- How to compare proportions
- Grading fancy shaped diamonds
- Moissanite identification
- Gold and precious metal identification
- Birthstones
- Diamond stimulants and treatments
- How to grade mounted diamonds
- Fancy coloured diamonds
- Colour stone overview
- Stages of diamond polishing and
- Marketing of diamonds, how to buy and sell diamonds gold, colored stones and the international diamond price structure
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| Costs |
| South African citizen |
R 3 000.00 |
| Non South African citizen |
US$ 400.00 |
| A 20% registration deposit fee is payable. |
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IMPORTANT NOTICE |
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Although these prices are current, Corlia Roberts Diamond Education College reserves the rights to change prices with out prior notice.
Certification
On completion of the course, successful students will receive a Diamond Education College Completion certificate,which "will undoubtedly open doors within a traditionally insular industry". |
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