How Gemstone Treated or Enhanced
Gemstones are quite impressive and jaw opening beautiful. However, due to its ravishing appearance, it generally compels a person to think that how these gemstone look so beautiful, There is one more fact which makes people think about so, Since, gemstones are generally found in the rocks or mountain and they look quite dull while their extraction from the mines. Hence, it invokes a question in a person mind that what are the treatments or enhancements which are performed on the stone www.9Gem.com
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to make it look so impressing. So in today’s post, I will discuss with you that How Gemstone Treated or enhanced. ďƒź Heat treatment: As I already mentioned that a gemstone looks dull during the time of its mining. Moreover, at the time of gemstone mining a gemstone contains so many impurities which need to be avoided in order to fetch the better
result
from
wearing
a
natural
gemstone.
Consequently, in order to preserve the color and other qualities of the stone, the heat treatment is performed on the stone. It is very rare to find stone without any inclusion. However, all inclusions are not considered to be harmful, if it is performed to nurture the quality of a gemstone. In order to preserve the qualities of the gemstone, it is heated on high temperature at 1500 c to 1800 c to enhance beauty and color brilliance of these stone. While heating these gemstones a proper care must be taken otherwise, all the positive properties of stone will be washed away. Heating treatment is performed on the stone with
diffusing
beryllium
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irradiation
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enhance
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ďƒź Beryllium Treatment of Gemstones: This is an effective treatment which is performed on the gemstone to enhance the color properties of the real gemstone. Beryllium in Be2+ has a very small ion; it is therefore efficient of penetrating deep into the sapphire, via diffusion, during heat treatment. It is very hard to spot the impurities which have been added into the stone. To identify the inclusion analysis of the gemstone can be done through magnifier which is only able to find or capture the beryllium. ďƒź Waxing and Oiling: This is one of the best techniques which are practiced in order to enhance the color and other properties of the stone. In this process a gemstone has to undergo waxing and oiling treatment to enhance its luster and shine. Moreover, this technique is basically used to cover all the fractures and holes and in order to increase the quality of the gemstone. ďƒź Dyeing: Due to rigid treatments which a gemstone has to undergo, a gemstone normally loses its natural luster and shine. So in order to get back that luster and shine, the
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stone has to be polished or dyed in such a way so that it looks quite similar to original gemstone. PDF Resource: https://9gemwebshop.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/howgemstone-treated-or-enhanced/
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