{"id":14773,"date":"2018-01-30T11:30:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T11:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/?p=14773"},"modified":"2021-10-14T13:10:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T13:10:22","slug":"diamond-and-jewellery-organisations-present-diamond-terminology-guideline-setting-universal-standard-for-communicating-about-diamonds-and-synthetic-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/diamond-and-jewellery-organisations-present-diamond-terminology-guideline-setting-universal-standard-for-communicating-about-diamonds-and-synthetic-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond and jewellery organisations present &#8216;Diamond Terminology Guideline,&#8217; setting universal standard for communicating about diamonds and synthetic diamonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:22%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:74%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>January 30, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nine of the leading diamond and jewellery industry organisations (AWDC, CIBJO, DPA, GJEPC, IDI, IDMA, USJC, WDC and WFDB) have released a jointly developed <strong>Diamond Terminology Guideline<\/strong> to encourage full, fair and effective use of a clear and accessible terminology for diamonds and synthetics diamonds by all sector bodies, organisations, traders and retailers.<\/p>\n<p>While not legally binding, the <strong>Diamond Terminology Guideline<\/strong> is designed to serve as the reference document when referring to or describing diamonds, synthetic diamonds and imitations of diamonds. It is built on two internationally accepted standards: the ISO 18323 Standard (\u201cJewellery \u2013 Consumer confidence in the diamond industry\u201d) and the CIBJO Diamond Blue Book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtecting consumer confidence is of paramount importance to the long-term success of our industry,\u201d said CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri. \u201cThe <strong>Diamond Terminology Guideline<\/strong> is an important tool in achieving this, by helping standardise the terminology used to clearly distinguish between diamonds and synthetic diamonds, in all communications, among ourselves and with our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <strong>Diamond Terminology Guideline<\/strong> is an important complement to the CIBJO Blue Book, with which it is fully consistent.\u00a0 It provides for easy and simple reference and will be distributed broadly within the industry.\u00a0 The accessible language, the succinct format and the broad support from leading industry organisations is intended to stimulate widespread implementation within trade and at the retail level,\u201d Dr Cavalieri said.<\/p>\n<p>To download the <strong>Diamond Terminology Guideline <\/strong>in PDF format, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Diamond-Terminology-Guideline.pdf\">PLEASE CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 { overflow:visible; }<\/style><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><B>JANUARY 30, 2018:<\/B> Nine of the leading diamond and jewellery industry organisations jointly released guidelines to encourage full, fair and effective use of a clear and accessible terminology for diamonds and synthetics diamonds by all sector bodies, organisations, traders and retailers.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}