List Of Different treatments Of GemstOne A natural gemstone is very difficult to spot. However, we know that gemstone are nowadays predominately used for jewelry such as ring, necklace, pendant and bracelet. Instead of that a natural gemstone is found in rock and mines so they have a dull appearance. In order to enhance the appearance of original gemstone few inclusions are injected into the stone. In order to enhance the appearance of the gemstone. These inclusions can vary from heat treatment up to waxing/oiling, fracture filling etc. We will read in detail about each one in next paragraph.
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Heat treatment: It is very rare to find a gemstone without any inclusion. However inclusion is not considered to be harmful if it is performed to nurture the quality of a gemstone. In order to sharp the color characteristics and
appearance characteristics of gemstone, heat treatment is performed on the gemstone considering the fact that gemstone does not lose its properties, It is heated on high temperature at 1500 c to 1800 c to enhance beauty and color brilliance of these stone. While heating these gemstone a proper care must be taken other-wise all the positive properties of stone will wash away. Heating treatment perform on the stone with diffusing beryllium and irradiation to enhance appearance of the stone. ďƒź
BeryLLium treatment : To increase the color quality and transparency of the gemstone .Diffusion of beryllium is also one of those technique which is used to enhance the color quality and transparency of the stone. Beryllium in Be2+ form has a very small ion; it is therefore capable of penetrating deep into the sapphire, via diffusion, during heat treatment. it is very hard locate the impurity which has been added into gemstone. To identify the inclusion analysis of stone can be done through magnifier which is only able to find or capture the beryllium.
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GemstOne: In order to enhance the appearance of the
gemstone all the fractures of the gemstone are filled with waxing and oiling treatment to increase the appearance of the stone. Waxing and oiling technology is primarily used in Emerald gemstone to enhances its appearance with filling holes and fractures.
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DyeinG: It is the other technique which is used for gemstone to enhance their look and appearance. In this technique all the rough patches of the gemstone are dyed in such a manner so that they look same alike the original gemstone.
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raDiatiOn: This is an another technique which is used to enhance the appearance characteristics of the gemstones. On The blue topaz stone basically
this treatment has been
performed to enhance its color characteristics.
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