Library
Video clips
Click to either view in Flash format or download to your computer in WMV format for use with PowerPoint presentations.
Gareth Jones: Diamond Academy Instructor
The 4 C's: a description of the four basic methods of valuing diamonds - click the video to play
click to download (4 MB zip file)
An introduction to diamond sorting: what a sorter does and why - click the video to play
click to download (7.9 MB zip file)
Diamond weighing: how diamonds are weighed in carats, and what that means - click the video to play
click to download (12.6 MB zip file)
Diamond quality: how a sorter selects diamonds and grades them for their quality - click the video to play
click to download (7.6 MB zip file)
Gabi Tolkowsky: Master Diamond Cleaver
Talking to stones - click the video to play
click to download (15.2 MB zip file)
Polishing diamonds - click the video to play
click to download (14.8 MB zip file)
Skills needed to become a diamond cutter/polisher - click the video to play
click to download (13.6 MB zip file)
Making the Centenary diamond - click the video to play
click to download (13.8 MB zip file)
The Diamond Trading Company
Diamonds are Forever: a short overview of the diamond trail from mine to showcase - click the video to play
click to download (18.9 MB zip file)
Specialist Videos for Key Stage 3 Science - Samantha Quinn
Samantha Quinn is a scientist working at DTC's research labs. She helps to educate the diamond trade about the differences between natural and synthetic diamonds. These are excellent video clips for Key Stage 3 and above, demonstrating how science is used in a 'real-world' situation.
How crystallography is used to separate synthetic diamonds from natural ones - click the video to play
click to download (15.3 MB zip file)
Some of the valuable uses of synthetic diamonds - click the video to play
click to download (5.3 MB zip file)
