October 2020 - Lab Grown Magazine

October 2020 | The Lab Grown Diamond Resource Book 8 To advertise call (888) 832-1109 | October 2020 9 Publisher Zev Oster Manager David Oster Advertising & Sales LabGrownMagazine@gmail.com Graphics LabGrownAds@gmail.com Circulation 25,000 Magazines Printed & Mailed Monthly Distributed at Show Bins 30 West 47th Street | Suite 707 New York, NY 10036 T: 888-832-1109 F: 212-257-7056 www.LabGrownMagazine.com DISCLAIMER: Lab Grown Magazine assumes no responsibility for content, articles, or advertisement in publication. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form without prior written permission of the publisher is prohibited. The publisher reserves the right to edit all articles for clarity space and editorial sensitivities. A Global Discussion In our last issue, Lab Grown Magazine show- cased the first of a three-part series entitled The Great Diamond Debate, in which author Dan Scott took a hard look at the relation- ship between mined diamonds and their lab- grown counterparts as well as the communi- cation coming from, and surrounding, these two sectors. The response from readers was immedi- ate, and not altogether unexpected, given the tense situation pitting LGDs against mined diamonds. People from around the country ( and even around the world) weighed in with their comments. Most agreed with the basic premise that a global discussion leading to cooperation between the two groups is not only important but vital to the health and well-being of both industries. In this issue, Scott offers the second part of this important discussion and, in light of the many responses globally, he has renamed it The Global Diamond Forum . And, in case you have not yet read Part One, you can view our September issue online at www.labgrownmagazine.com . In that issue, Scott offers two cautionary tales from other materials (metals, this time) within the jew- elry industry that should give stakeholders in both the mined and LGD sectors a great deal of pause. Our second feature article in this issue talks about innovative opportunities in the lab- grown sector, which you won't want to miss. As far as interesting news in lab-growns, the International Gemological Institute (IGI) stated that it recently graded a 10.06-carat, fancy vivid-pink LGD, which had been grad- ed by IGI earlier as a fancy intense yellow. The lab determined that the stone's color been changed by a dual-treatment process of irradiation and annealing, which involved heating the LGD to a certain temperature, followed by a slow and controlled rate of cool- ing.The IGI found that the color had basically changed to pink while its saturation changed from vivid to intense. Until next time, stay safe. Zev