Method and apparatus for identifying gemstones, particularly diamonds
CA 2028472 A1 · Owner: Wellborn, Ltd. · Inventors: Neta, Uri; Yifrach, Aharon
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A method of identifying a gemstone, particularly a diamond by: exciting the gemstone to cause it to emit luminescence radiation according to a luminescence spectrum unique to the respective gemstone, in which the luminescence intensity uniquely varies as a function of wavelength; measuring the level of the luminescence radiation at a plurality of preselected wavelengths of its luminescence spectrum; and utilizing the levels of the luminescence radiation at the preselected wavelengths to identify the respective gemstone and to distinguish it from other gemstones.
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- Filed October 24, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 24, 2010.
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