Goal:
-The course aims to enable trainees to cut Diamondsin the brilliant cut with grade ofexcellence through the main techniquesicing and cutting instruments, without supervision or assistance.
Recipients:
- General public namely jewelers, goldsmiths, geologists andprecious stones, other stakeholders in the sector.
Access Conditions:
- Frequency ofDiamonds and Rough and Lapidated and Fancy Course
Duration:
35 Hours - (Initial learning course)
Advanced Expert Course:
6 to 12 months - Budget under. Query
Possibility of customized duration intervals, until the apprenticeship program has been completed.
Schedules:
- Work 10:00h - 18:00h
Coordination and Management:
Prof. Antonio Lino | Eng.
Trainers:
Sergio Garcia | Master Lapidary DIALAP
Pedro Garcia | cutter
Certifications:
-Institutional Diploma
-Certificate of Professional Training
Household:
GemsValue
Training Center and Gemological Laboratory
Rua Pascoal de Melo Nº7 2nd FTE Left
1000-230 Lisbon-Portugal
GPS 38.73121,-9.13557
Investment:
Value: 3.900.00 euros
Theoretical-Practical:
- Adaptation to the Lapidary loupe;
- Knowledgeof Tools and the care to be taken with them;
- Books, Software and copies;
- Brilliant and other important cuts
- Route of the Rough Diamond – Cutting Phases
- Notion of the need to prroe in diamonds;
- Creation of Lapidary factory
- International graduation labs and graduation criteria and Triple X diamond Reports
Practices:
- Planning / Planning: study of diamond optimization, use of Sarine software, marking of cutting planes and observation windows;
- Cutting: traditional saws and CNC Laser Green Diamond Cutting Machine;
- Pre Thinning Waist / Initial Bruting;
- Preparation / Blocking: work of the 8 main crown facets and 8 breech facets that occur in different directions due to the atomic structure of thethe Diamond;
- Waist thinning / final bruting: traditional lathes and Bruting Diamond Machine MEC;
- Adaptation to the cutting plate;
- Faceting and Polishing transformation into Brilliant cutting / Brillianteering: working with new facets
(Pavilion 8 fundamental facets + 16 lower half facets)
(Crown 8 fundamental facets + 8 stars + 16 upper half facets)
- Quality Control of the cut: verification of proportions, symmetry and polishing: traditional method and application of Sarine.