(IDEX Online) - The Fourth Mediterranean Gemmological and Jewelry Conference (MGJC) will take place in Budva, Montenegro, from May 18-20.
The event is organized by CGL-GRS Canada and IGL Greece and supported by IIDGR-De Beers (United Kingdom), Octonus (Finland), MAGI (Italy/Finland), MSU Gem Center(Russia), Gemewizard (Israel), Gemetrix (Australia) and NAJA (USA).
The conference offers lectures, practical workshops and round table discussions. Among the speakers will be Dr. Thomas Hainschwang (GGTL Laboratories), Dr. Philip Martineau (De Beers) and Roman Serov (Octonus).
The theme of the 2018 conference is "Diamonds and Gems in 21st Century," and a choice of world renowned speakers who will cover this topic from a variety of angles:
Dr. Thomas Hainschwang of GGTL laboratories of Lichtenstein, is a leading researcher of treated and synthetic diamonds. He will speak about "Color origin of untreated and treated natural and synthetic diamonds."
Roman Serov - of Octonus, a Finnish instrument developer - who is also affiliated to the Gemmological Center of Moscow University (MSU), will explain the "Impact of fluorescence on diamond appearance."
Dr. Philip Martineau, Senior Manager at De Beers Physics, United Kingdom, will update the conference participants on "CVD synthetic diamonds and their detection."
Jewelers, gemologists, appraisers, dealers and other conference participants will receive hands-on instruction and gain new knowledge at workshops on the identification diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires, the organizers said. These include:
Menahem Sevdermish and Guy Borenstein (Gemewizard, Israel) will hold a workshop on "New ruby, sapphire, emerald, and fancy colored diamonds grading" and explain how to determine their quality and value.
Branko Deljanin, principal of CGL-GRS Swiss Canadian Gemlab of Vancouver, Canada, will guide participants through his workshop on 'The identification of treated synthetic diamonds and treated natural diamonds, loose and mounted." Branko will have synthetic melee diamonds and larger synthetic diamonds on site.
Alberto Scarani and Mikko ?...str??m, of M&A Gemological Instruments (MAGI), will give a workshop on "Advanced Diamond Instruments." They will demonstrate VIS, FTIR, EXA and PL advanced spectrometers in detection of synthetic diamonds
Moderated by conference co-organizer John Chapman (Gemetrix) a Round Table with six international experts will discuss "The marketing of synthetic diamonds and synthetic gems in 21st century" and answer questions from other delegates.
Conference Co-Founder and Chair Branko Deljanin said: "The success of earlier MGJ conferences - 2015 (Greece), 2016 (Spain) and 2017 (Italy) - proves that, different from many other business and appraising conferences and a few highly scientific conferences, we have created a unique 'tech-trade' platform where gemologists, appraisers and gemstone professionals can meet, learn about and discuss current identification issues and problems and be offered solutions and training, by using standard and affordable gemological instruments and by accessing those services they need."
Many participants are expected from Western Europe, other Mediterranean countries, Russia, Turkey, and even the USA. Tours will be offered to allow participants to enjoy the region's unique landscape and history, including that of neighboring Croatia.