Recently, HRD Antwerp accomplished the feat of selling its 1000th piece of its D-scope microscope. The device is a microscope, developed in 2001, which gives the user the perfect combination of light, optics, manipulation of the stone and ergonomics.

D-scope has undergone many transitions since its development. The latest version contains LED-lights and the newest generation of optics. It has three light sources - darkfield light, overhead light and UV-light; each light source uses halogen bulbs or LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes).

With this, the light is very bright, intense and cool, allowing the user a luminous vision to detect even the most difficult inclusions or impurities.

The equipment department of HRD Antwerp is developing a small portable microscope for rough diamonds. HRD Antwerp is a subsidiary of Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC).