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The Adamas Advantage© was created to provide a state of the art Quality Analysis Report facility for the gemological laboratory or appraisal service. The author was presented with The International Society of Appraiser's Distinguished Service Award for "his contribution to ISA and the field of Gemological Appraising by developing The Adamas Advantage©".
If you are a packrat, a software product review may be found in the October 1994 issue of JCK magazine on pages 134 and 135. Please call for further information on The Adamas Advantage©.
The Adamas Advantage© may only be ordered directly from the publisher at a cost of $995.00. Members in good standing of appraisal organizations which offer advanced appraisal courses, including ASA, ISA or NAJA receive a discount of $150.00 as an encouragement to further their education.
The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Kit© For Windows places The Adamas Advantage© gemological data in an easy to use Microsoft FoxPro® For Windows environment. Easy to use pop-up parameter value lists and spinner numerical input controls provide a simple and self checking user interface. Version 3.0 added the ability to check by mineralogical groups, particular elements, anions, or radioactive nature.
A full function DEMO of The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Kit For Windows © is available for down load. The DEMO uses a very limited subset of the complete gem and mineral database to give you a flavor of its power. The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Kit© For Windows database currently contains extensive parameter information on over 500 gemstone varieties. The complete mineralogical database will add over 3200 mineral (non gem) varieties to the software and is published separately as The Adamas Advantage Gem And Mineral Identification Kit©.
A 6 page software review by Peter Reed, conducted on an early version of the software (1.2e) [we are currently shipping 2.0b], was recently published in the July 1996 issue of The Journal Of Gemmology. Many thanks to Peter Reed for his helpfull and con structive commentary!
Version 3.0 is now available The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Kit© For Windows is available directly from the publisher at a cost of $69.95 plus $3.00 s+h ($9.00 outside the US or Canada), or through the GIA Bookstore, GIA GEM Instruments , or your favorite jewelry supply house.
The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Kit With Memo And Inventory Control© adds Memo generation and tracking, a client database, as well as loose stone inventory control to the expanding Gem ID Kit functions. A complete loose stone description generator simplifies the accurate description of gemstones in inventory or sent on Memo.
Version 3.0 is now available The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Kit© For Windows With Memo And Inventory Control is available directly from the publisher at a cost of $99.95 plus $3.00 s+h ($9.00 outside the US or Canada), or through the GIA Bookstore, GIA GEM Instruments , or your favorite jewelry supply house.
All current demos of Adamas Gemological Laboratory software product are based on the FoxPro® Windows platform. You need this zipped file to run any of the demos. Place the FOX.ZIP file in a separate directory (IE: C:\FOX), unzip it using PKUNZIP and edit your autoexec.bat file to create a dos:windows path to this directory. [path=C:\;C:\windows;\C:xxx.......;C:\FOX]. You only need to down load the FOX.ZIP file once as it will be used by all the demos placed on this Web site.
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load FoxPro Run Time File [FOX.ZIP {1171K}] Now.
Next select from the following DEMO list a program of interest and down load and unzip it in a different directory than the FOX.ZIP file. Then, from Program Manager in Windows File Run the appropriate EXE file.
NOTE: THIS SITE IS UPDATED REGULARLY AS DEMOS ARE CREATED.
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load Gem {And Mineral} Identification Kit DEMO File [ADAMASID.ZIP {342K}]
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Run ADAMASID.EXE from Program Manager File Run
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load Gem Identification Quiz Kit DEMO File [ADAMASQZ.ZIP {425K}] Now
Run ADAMASQZ.EXE from Program Manager File Run
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load Color Converter Kit DEMO File [COLOR.ZIP {392K}] Now
Run COLOR.EXE from Program Manager File Run
The Adamas Advantage Gem And Mineral Identification Kit©For Windows combines the The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Kit© For Windows 500+ gemstone variety database and search engine with an expanding mineralogical database of over 3500 additional mineral varieties. For mineral collectors, we have added a collection report generator and user comment fields to enable you to track and document your specimens and collection values.
Version 1.0 is now available
The Gem And Mineral Identification Kit reqires a minimum of 8 Megs of Ram, 12-16 is better.
A full function DEMO of The Adamas Advantage Gem And Mineral Identification Kit© For Windows is available for down load. The DEMO uses a very limited subset of the complete gem and mineral database to give you a flavor of its power. The Adamas Advantage Gem And Mineral Identification Kit© For Windows database currently contains extensive parameter information on over 500 gemstone varieties. The complete mineralogical database will add over 3500 mineral (non gem) varieties to the software database. Although the mineralogical database is not as extensive as the gemological, it includes most of the important mineralogical information. We will have some mineralogical testing procedures in the program, including chemical and blowpipe analysis, for those interested in the technical lost art.
The Adamas Advantage Gem And Mineral Identification Kit© For Windows will be available in late October 1996.
The Adamas Advantage Gem And Mineral Identification Kit© For Windows will be available directly from the publisher at a cost of $99.95 plus $3.00 s+h ($9.00 outside the US or Canada), or through the GIA Bookstore, GIA GEM Instruments, or your favorite jewelry supply house.
The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Quiz Kit© For Windows utilizes a patent pending process to generate Millions and Millions of different true/false and/or multiple choice questions pertaining to physical and optic al properties of gems and minerals as well as gemological and mineralogical identification concepts. The student selects the level of question difficulty, the subset of the database used (for example, the user can limit the questioning to only the GIA A Chart materials), the properties or concepts desired to be tested (for example, test your knowledge of crystal systems), and the number of questions in the test series. Answers are immediate and give page cross references to important gemological and mineralogical texts for further study.If you are studying for your GIA Gem Identification course or pursuing CGA or FGA, this package will make studying fun and less boring, besides improving your knowledge base by repetitive questioning.
A full function DEMO of The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Quiz Kit© For Windows is available for down load. The DEMO uses a very limited subset of the complete gem and mineral database to give you a flavor of its power. The Adamas Advantage Gem And Mineral Identification Kit© For Windows database currently contains extensive parameter information on over 500 gemstone varieties. The complete mineralogical database will add over 3200 mineral (non gem) varieties to the software.
The Adamas Advantage Gem And Mineral Identification Quiz Kit© For Windows will be available in September 1996.
The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Quiz Kit© For Windows is available directly from the publisher at a cost of $69.95 plus $3.00 s+h ($9.00 outside the US or Canada), or through the GIA Bookstore, or your favorite jewelry supply house.
The Adamas Advantage Color Converter Kit© performs approximate colormetric conversions from GemDialogue™, GIA ColorMaster®, and GIA GemSet® notations to CIE and Unsell® notation. The software also converts overlaid GemDialogue™ colors to CIE, GIA ColorMaster®, and GIA GemSet® notations using most common bulb types or any blackbody source as an illuminant.
GemDialogue™ conversions for most combinations (Primary, Overlay and Mask) are computed from spectrophotomic transmission data and 40 point numerical integration for either the CIE 2 degree or CIE 10 degree observer, with conversions from any Blackbody source and most incandescent and fluorescent source spectra to universal CIE. Input and correction for angle of source incidence is provided. CIE output is provided in CIE x,y,Y and L*a*b* color frames.
If computed GemDialogue™ color is within the range of the GIA ColorMaster®, the ColorMaster® coordinate (eg A557836) is computed based on the last available ColorMaster® filter set data.
The approximate hue, tone and saturation coordinate (eg vB 5/5) is computed based on Wyszecki(1963) color difference formulation found in "Color Science" by Wyszecki & Stiles compared with tabulated ColorMaster®/GemSet® color space positions (ColorMaster® PIE charts). There had been three revisions to the GIA ColorMaster® filter Set since its first release. If ColorMaster® owners did not have their machine updated, then the ColorMaster® notation will be inconsistent with current GIA color space (hue, tone, saturation).
Conversion to approximate Munsell® color space (Hue, Value, Chroma) is accomplished by a unique algorithm developed by the author, based on a L*a*b* to Munsell® system graph published by Minolta, subject to some range limitations because of available data.
Any ColorMaster® coordinate input (eg A334466) is converted to both CIE(x,y,Y) and CIE L*a*b* coordinates as well as closest GemSet® (H/T/S) and Munsell® (H,V.C) notation, based on algorithms described above.
Any GIA GemSet® notation (H/T/S) is converted to GIA Colormaster® notation if the color is within the GIA ColorMaster® dynamic range. As we know, the ColorMaster® had some limitations in the highly saturated hues.
Any CIE (x,y,Y) or L*a*b* coordinate is converted to GIA ColorMaster® notation based on reverse transformations developed by the author, and forward transformations published by GIA. The nearest GemSet® (H/T/S) and Munsell® notation (H/V/C) is computed as above.
A full function DEMO of The Adamas Advantage Color Converter Kit© is available for down load.
The Adamas Advantage Color Color Converter Kit© For Windows is available directly from the publisher at a cost of $69.95 plus $3.00 s+h ($9.00 outside the US or Canada), or through the GIA Bookstore.
The Adamas Advantage Insurance Documentation Report Writer© will be available in September 1997. It will enable the retail jeweler to construct, from pop-up selection, and minimal typing, a narrative jewelry Insurance Documentation Report, for items they have sold, in full conformance to the recently promulgated JVC Appraisal Standards Task Force recommendations. The software has video imaging capabilities.
The Adamas Advantage Insurance Documentation Report Writer© can be upgraded to the full capabilities of The Adamas Advantage Appraisal Writer© at any time, for the differential price.
More information will follow in an update to this screen nearing the publication date.
Prepaid prepublication orders for this software, prior to September 1st, will receive free updates for two years.
The Adamas Advantage Insurance Documentation Report Writer will
be available on or about September 1st, 1997 directly from the publisher
at a cost of $499.00 plus $3.00 s+h ($9.00 outside the US or Canada).
The Adamas Advantage Appraisal Writer© combines the versatility and features of The Adamas Advantage Insurance Documentation Report Writer© with features enabling the trained appraiser to produce professional appraisal documents for gems and jewelry, for any function or purpose. The Adamas Advantage Appraisal Writer© includes within its operating system the full features of The Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Kit For Windows© and The Adamas Advantage Color Converter Kit© as an added bonus.
More information will follow in an update to this screen nearing the publication date.
Prepaid prepublication orders for this software, prior to September 1st, will receive free updates for two years.
The Adamas Advantage Appraisal Writer© will be available on or about October 1st, 1997 directly from the publisher at a cost of $599.00 plus $3.00 s+h ($9.00 outside the US or Canada).