It goes without saying that we are in a rapidly increasing technological era. Our capabilities in the broad world of science increase exponentially each year in fascinating ways. The gem and jewelry industry certainly is not left orphaned in that world of development. In the past couple of decades, our trade has witnessed the progression of imitations more closely relating to their natural counterpart, highly advanced synthetic diamonds and colored stones, and an abundance of treatments that have left even the most shrewd Gemologists scratching their heads in confusion.
