Gemstone Treatment and Enhancement

Some of treatment procedures are centuries old,this way makes less surface inclusions. So we can
while others are relatively new. Gemstone areconcluded that colored oils are used on those
treated in different ways to improve theirgemstone to improve their appearances. This
appearance. Some of these procedures aretreatment reduces fractures and provide better
centuries old, while others are relatively new. Also,clarity. Heat treatment is the most common form
by cutting or polishing gemstone could haveand famous enhancement. This is so common
fabulous colors and nice sparkle. Treatment orwith corundum, ruby and sapphire, it is
enhancement gemstones means any process torecommended that jewelers inform their
make natural gems improved gem's color, claritycustomers that they are "probably heat treated".
before cutting and polishing. Please understandHeating can cause color of a stone to darken,
that TREATMENT AND ENHANCEMENT haslighten, or even completely changed and can also
nothing to do with man created gems orimprove gems clarity and brightness. Heating of
synthetic gems. Treating and enhancing gemstonemost kinds of gemstones is a standard treatment
is a very common step to improve gemsprocedure. Heating knowledge was passed over
appearance. Some treatment and enhancementgenerations. Heating Methods vary from simply
improved by nature are permanent and cannot beburning method to highly techniques under
detected. Treatment and enhancement procedureregulate temperature (More knowledge at
so closely resembles what happens in nature, thatDiffusion is an enhancement method, commonly
one cannot always tell if they have been treatedused on corundum, added iron and titanium during
after mining or before. Microscopic examination willthe heating process of the gemstone, sometime
sometimes reveal an inclusion that burst duringcalled surface diffusion. Diffusion layer created by
heating treatment, but lacking that there is noadding elements. This layer described as colored
way to tell exact that heat treatment was donecoating. Radiation enhancement or irradiation
before or after mining. There are manymeans pounding material with subatomic particles.
techniques of treated or enhanced gems (MoreIn some case, irradiation is followed by heating to
knowledge at Briefly explanations of the importantproduce a better or new color for the gem - such
techniques is given below.as topaz. Today so many irradiation technique
Oiling treatment method has been used formapplied and has created shades that cannot found
more than hundreds years, mostly emeraldin natural topaz. Same way in tourmaline,
treated to derive its beautiful green color andirradiation can turn dark pink stone into red. For
clarity. In the same way, other colored stonesdiamonds irradiation and heating can turned them
such as alexandrite and rubies have been treatedinto browns, blues, yellows, pinks and greens.