Latest-generation CVD-grown synthetic diamonds from Apollo Diamond Inc

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 294-312

  Wang, Wuyi ^a   Hall, Matthew S ^a   Moe, Kyaw Soe ^a   Tower, Joshua ^b   Moses, Thomas M ^a  

^a GIA   (United States)

^b Apollo Diamond   (United States)

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EID: 38849191136     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.43.4.294     Document Type: Article

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