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Timeline

1977 - Yasuhito Shigetomi tries to sell Mr. Tamura an ideal cut diamond
1984 - Mr. Shigetomi invents FireScope for Mr. Tamura
1987 - EightStar® factory opens in Tokyo
1988 - Hearts and Arrows® : first "copy" of EightStar®
1990 - EightStar® USA begins in California
1991 - American Cutters trained under Mr. Higuchi
1990's - Cutting revolution hits USA
1996 - AGS lab director, Peter Yantzer, discovers EightStar® USA
1996 - Articles begin to appear about EightStar® in trade press
1998 - GIA study singles out EightStar®, model of brilliance
2001 - AGS & EightStar® sign research and development agreement

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