High pressure/high temperature production of colored diamonds
CA 2382785 A1 · Owner: Diamond Innovations, Inc. · Inventors: Vagarali, Suresh Shankarappa; Anthony, Thomas Richard
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The present invention is directed to a method for treating discolored natural diamonds, especially Type IaB diamond and Type IaA/B diamonds with platelets for improving their color. The method includes placing a discolored natural diamond in a pressure transmitting medium (40) which is consolidated into a pill. Next, the pill is placed into a high pressure/high temperature (HP/HT) press (10) at elevated pressure and elevated temperature within the graphite stable or diamond stable range of the carbon phase diagram for a time sufficient to improve the color of said diamond. Finally the diamond is , recovered from said press (10). Attractive yellowish-green greenish-yellow , and neon …
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- Filed August 25, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 25, 2020.
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