The Diamond City's technocrats have made a path-breaking research in developing world's first instrument that not only detects loose synthetic diamonds from a diamond lot, but also tests and verifies whether the diamonds mounted on the jewellery are real.

City-based Dharmanandan Research Centre (DRC-Techno), a technical research arm of Dharmanandan Diamonds Private Ltd, has designed a 'Made in Surat' synthetic diamond detector that can identify synthetic diamonds in few seconds and issue on-the-spot report.

A few cases of mixing synthetic diamonds with natural ones from Surat had rattled the diamond industry and consumers in India and abroad.

The instrument known as D-Secure will test and verify diamonds in all shapes and sizes ranging from 0.003 carat, up to 10 carat. It directly detects synthetic diamonds including high pressure high temperature (HPHT) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) from the diamond batches.

The first public display of this instrument will be held at the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) on September 11.

"There is no instrument in the world that can detect synthetic diamonds mounted on jewellery articles. We are the first to develop this instrument and that too after years of technical research," said Vipul Sutariya, director of DRC Techno.

"The purpose of this research is to uphold consumer confidence and keep the natural diamonds business safe from dumping of artificial diamonds and finding those undisclosed synthetic diamonds in a cost-effective manner," added Sutariya.

Diamantiares have admitted to the fact that consumers in India, US and other countries are skeptical of making diamond jewellery purchases fearing they may end up buying a synthetic diamond for the price of natural ones. Sales of diamond jewellery have dipped in the last one-and-a-half-years following fear of mixing.

Lalji Patel, chairman of Dharmanandan Diamonds Private Ltd, told TOI, "Synthetic diamonds are undeniable fact now and many are researching and working on developing a solution to keep these artificial stones out of the gems and jewellery industry. We have manufactured an instrument that provides 100% accurate result."