Authenticity and integrity of digital information have been discussed extensively within the reco... more Authenticity and integrity of digital information have been discussed extensively within the record management and archival sectors for several decades. The on-going projects and research in the ar ...
Exploring the regal allure of pearls in 16th century Sweden with a link to Queen Elisabeth I of E... more Exploring the regal allure of pearls in 16th century Sweden with a link to Queen Elisabeth I of England
all roads lead to... - a look on diamonds in China, 2019
China is a major player in all fields of diamonds, both as a producer of synthetic diamonds for b... more China is a major player in all fields of diamonds, both as a producer of synthetic diamonds for both industrial and jewellery purposes and is a large consumer of diamondjewellery. The Chinese interrest in diamonds goes back to the time when man first discovered the stone.
Diamonds are today the most common gemstone for bethrothal and marriage, a result from successful... more Diamonds are today the most common gemstone for bethrothal and marriage, a result from successful marketing by DeBeers in the 20th Century but also part of a tradition that goes back to the 15th Century.
Carl Linnaeus succeded in culturing freshwater Pearls in Sweden in the 1740s but the Discovery di... more Carl Linnaeus succeded in culturing freshwater Pearls in Sweden in the 1740s but the Discovery did not result in any production and the Pearls are now in the Collections of the Linnaean society in London.
The knowledge on diamonds were quite limited during antiquity in Europe. No hisorical or archeolo... more The knowledge on diamonds were quite limited during antiquity in Europe. No hisorical or archeological proof exists that the ancient Greeks knew about diamonds and the traces from roman times are very few. Still there were an awareness about diamonds already 500 years BCE.
After taking over Von Platens equipment and ideas on the possibilities to create diamonds synthet... more After taking over Von Platens equipment and ideas on the possibilities to create diamonds synthetically the ASEA team makes slow progress until the breakthrough experiment n February 1953. After the success in crating the worlds first synthetic diamonds ASEA goes into a joint venture with DeBeers and synthetic diamonds are produced in Sweden continuously until spring 2016 when the old factory in Robertsfors is closed down and production moved to Southafrica and Ireland.
Authenticity and integrity of digital information have been discussed extensively within the reco... more Authenticity and integrity of digital information have been discussed extensively within the record management and archival sectors for several decades. The on-going projects and research in the area have resulted in an understanding of the potential problems when it comes to keeping authenticity in digital information. In recent years the blockchain technologies have gained attention as a potential solution to many of the problems associated with management and storage of digital records. The area of information security is getting more and more focused on preventing manipulation of existing data. The conclusions here is that blockchain technologies have potential to solve several problems associated with the management and storage of digital records. The archival sector can benefit from the use of blockchains to prevent time consuming and expensive work efforts to re-establish authenticity in digital information ones lost.
On the myths and misconceptions about diamonds and diamond properties that were spread during the... more On the myths and misconceptions about diamonds and diamond properties that were spread during the middle ages in Europe.
On the history of how the first European Diamond cutting and trading centers came into existense.... more On the history of how the first European Diamond cutting and trading centers came into existense. A text previously published in Gemmology Today August 2017
During the last decades there have been many projects focusing on the challenges of ... more During the last decades there have been many projects focusing on the challenges of long term storage of the large amounts of digital information generated in the modern society . There is an increasing demand for media suitable for long term storage of information and several research projects are working with various method s and technologies for storage of information for various purposes . The research area focu sed on using NV centers in Typ Ib diamonds have presented progress and there are a technique for both writing and reading information stored by the manipulation of NV centers by the use of red and green lasers. The technique works but shows a few weaknesses such as the NV centers are changing charge after the information having been scanned and read multiple times and that by today’s standards the writing process taking one millisecond per pixel is relatively slow. Research is going on and other types of lasers have shown to be faster for writing but increasing the changing of NV centers. It is possible the technique will be used in the future but there is more research needed.
The first use of diamonds was as polishing powder for axes made out of hard corundum containing r... more The first use of diamonds was as polishing powder for axes made out of hard corundum containing rocks and are from around 2500 BCE. It took almost 2000 years before organised mining of diamonds occured (in India), another 500 before some basic understanding of diamond properties resulted in the making of tools for carving and eventually for use in jewellery. Slowly increased understanding of diamond properties and the use of diamonds in jewellery resulted in blooming diamond cutting industries in Europe, first in Venice, Brugge, Lisabon and eventually Antwerp.
Vissa blå safirer har så hög halt krom att de fluorecerar rött under UV-ljus och då de belyses me... more Vissa blå safirer har så hög halt krom att de fluorecerar rött under UV-ljus och då de belyses med blå laser vilket medför en risk att avfärda naturliga obehandlade blå safirer som glasfyllda safirer eller något annat betydligt mindre värdefullt material som till det yttre liknar safir men som är färgat av kobolt, ett ämner som är vanlig färggivare för många mineral och även för att färga glas blått. Kobolt och krom ger liknande resultat under UV-ljus och blå laser.
Authenticity and integrity of digital information have been discussed extensively within the reco... more Authenticity and integrity of digital information have been discussed extensively within the record management and archival sectors for several decades. The on-going projects and research in the ar ...
Exploring the regal allure of pearls in 16th century Sweden with a link to Queen Elisabeth I of E... more Exploring the regal allure of pearls in 16th century Sweden with a link to Queen Elisabeth I of England
all roads lead to... - a look on diamonds in China, 2019
China is a major player in all fields of diamonds, both as a producer of synthetic diamonds for b... more China is a major player in all fields of diamonds, both as a producer of synthetic diamonds for both industrial and jewellery purposes and is a large consumer of diamondjewellery. The Chinese interrest in diamonds goes back to the time when man first discovered the stone.
Diamonds are today the most common gemstone for bethrothal and marriage, a result from successful... more Diamonds are today the most common gemstone for bethrothal and marriage, a result from successful marketing by DeBeers in the 20th Century but also part of a tradition that goes back to the 15th Century.
Carl Linnaeus succeded in culturing freshwater Pearls in Sweden in the 1740s but the Discovery di... more Carl Linnaeus succeded in culturing freshwater Pearls in Sweden in the 1740s but the Discovery did not result in any production and the Pearls are now in the Collections of the Linnaean society in London.
The knowledge on diamonds were quite limited during antiquity in Europe. No hisorical or archeolo... more The knowledge on diamonds were quite limited during antiquity in Europe. No hisorical or archeological proof exists that the ancient Greeks knew about diamonds and the traces from roman times are very few. Still there were an awareness about diamonds already 500 years BCE.
After taking over Von Platens equipment and ideas on the possibilities to create diamonds synthet... more After taking over Von Platens equipment and ideas on the possibilities to create diamonds synthetically the ASEA team makes slow progress until the breakthrough experiment n February 1953. After the success in crating the worlds first synthetic diamonds ASEA goes into a joint venture with DeBeers and synthetic diamonds are produced in Sweden continuously until spring 2016 when the old factory in Robertsfors is closed down and production moved to Southafrica and Ireland.
Authenticity and integrity of digital information have been discussed extensively within the reco... more Authenticity and integrity of digital information have been discussed extensively within the record management and archival sectors for several decades. The on-going projects and research in the area have resulted in an understanding of the potential problems when it comes to keeping authenticity in digital information. In recent years the blockchain technologies have gained attention as a potential solution to many of the problems associated with management and storage of digital records. The area of information security is getting more and more focused on preventing manipulation of existing data. The conclusions here is that blockchain technologies have potential to solve several problems associated with the management and storage of digital records. The archival sector can benefit from the use of blockchains to prevent time consuming and expensive work efforts to re-establish authenticity in digital information ones lost.
On the myths and misconceptions about diamonds and diamond properties that were spread during the... more On the myths and misconceptions about diamonds and diamond properties that were spread during the middle ages in Europe.
On the history of how the first European Diamond cutting and trading centers came into existense.... more On the history of how the first European Diamond cutting and trading centers came into existense. A text previously published in Gemmology Today August 2017
During the last decades there have been many projects focusing on the challenges of ... more During the last decades there have been many projects focusing on the challenges of long term storage of the large amounts of digital information generated in the modern society . There is an increasing demand for media suitable for long term storage of information and several research projects are working with various method s and technologies for storage of information for various purposes . The research area focu sed on using NV centers in Typ Ib diamonds have presented progress and there are a technique for both writing and reading information stored by the manipulation of NV centers by the use of red and green lasers. The technique works but shows a few weaknesses such as the NV centers are changing charge after the information having been scanned and read multiple times and that by today’s standards the writing process taking one millisecond per pixel is relatively slow. Research is going on and other types of lasers have shown to be faster for writing but increasing the changing of NV centers. It is possible the technique will be used in the future but there is more research needed.
The first use of diamonds was as polishing powder for axes made out of hard corundum containing r... more The first use of diamonds was as polishing powder for axes made out of hard corundum containing rocks and are from around 2500 BCE. It took almost 2000 years before organised mining of diamonds occured (in India), another 500 before some basic understanding of diamond properties resulted in the making of tools for carving and eventually for use in jewellery. Slowly increased understanding of diamond properties and the use of diamonds in jewellery resulted in blooming diamond cutting industries in Europe, first in Venice, Brugge, Lisabon and eventually Antwerp.
Vissa blå safirer har så hög halt krom att de fluorecerar rött under UV-ljus och då de belyses me... more Vissa blå safirer har så hög halt krom att de fluorecerar rött under UV-ljus och då de belyses med blå laser vilket medför en risk att avfärda naturliga obehandlade blå safirer som glasfyllda safirer eller något annat betydligt mindre värdefullt material som till det yttre liknar safir men som är färgat av kobolt, ett ämner som är vanlig färggivare för många mineral och även för att färga glas blått. Kobolt och krom ger liknande resultat under UV-ljus och blå laser.
Syntetiska diamanter blir allt vanligare på ädelstensmarknaden i takt med att fler och fler tillv... more Syntetiska diamanter blir allt vanligare på ädelstensmarknaden i takt med att fler och fler tillverkare tillkommer och processen förfinas så syntetiska diamnter hela tiden blir billigare och billigare samtidigt som kvaliteten höjs. Föredraget går igenom statistik kring produktionen och den terminologi som förordas vid försäljning av syntetiska diamanter.
A talk on how humans learned to understand diamonds, from the first discoveries and uses of diamo... more A talk on how humans learned to understand diamonds, from the first discoveries and uses of diamonds through enlightenment and eventual success in synthesizing to where we are today.
A presentation on the history of pearl-fishing in Sweden and the pearl-cultivation experimentatio... more A presentation on the history of pearl-fishing in Sweden and the pearl-cultivation experimentation done by Linnaeus in the 18th century. Pearl-fishing in Sweden was banned in 1994 but for almost a millennia pearl-fishing was a very important part of the local economy for many rural area. For several centuries Sweden was a major pearl-producer and Swedish pearls are found in jewellery all over Europe. In the 18th century Linnaeus succeeded in cultivating the worlds first spherical pearls and the secrecy surrounding his success was a sign of how important the crown considered the pearl-industry.
Pearlproduction in Scandinavia from the late iron age until the mid 16th century lacks historical... more Pearlproduction in Scandinavia from the late iron age until the mid 16th century lacks historical sources and few attempts have been made to describe the potential improtance small scale pearlfishing might have had during the medieval times for Scandianvian farmers and people who did not own land as a seasonal means for income. From the 1530s the Crown shows more interrest in the business and pearl fishing becomes an interrest for the whole nation.
A study on the misconseptions about ASEA:s annpunciation of their success in producing synthetic ... more A study on the misconseptions about ASEA:s annpunciation of their success in producing synthetic diamonds in the 1950s. Many newer works, both books and educational material on gemmology mentions that ASEA did not announce their production of synthetic diamonds until 1986. A statement that is obviously wrong and the reasons are discussed in this short paper written 2015.
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The Chinese interrest in diamonds goes back to the time when man first discovered the stone.
The Chinese interrest in diamonds goes back to the time when man first discovered the stone.
Pearl-fishing in Sweden was banned in 1994 but for almost a millennia pearl-fishing was a very important part of the local economy for many rural area. For several centuries Sweden was a major pearl-producer and Swedish pearls are found in jewellery all over Europe. In the 18th century Linnaeus succeeded in cultivating the worlds first spherical pearls and the secrecy surrounding his success was a sign of how important the crown considered the pearl-industry.