| Some of treatment procedures are
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| | makes less surface inclusions. So we can
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| centuries old, while others are
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| | concluded that colored oils are used on
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| relatively new. Gemstone are treated in
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| | those gemstone to improve their
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| different ways to improve their
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| | appearances. This treatment reduces
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| appearance. Some of these procedures are
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| | fractures and provide better clarity.
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| centuries old, while others are
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| | Heat treatment is the most common form
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| relatively new. Also, by cutting or
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| | and famous enhancement. This is so common
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| polishing gemstone could have fabulous
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| | with corundum, ruby and sapphire, it is
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| colors and nice sparkle. Treatment or
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| | recommended that jewelers inform their
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| enhancement gemstones means any process
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| | customers that they are "probably heat
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| to make natural gems improved gem's
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| | treated". Heating can cause color of a
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| color, clarity before cutting and
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| | stone to darken, lighten, or even
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| polishing. Please understand that
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| | completely changed and can also improve
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| TREATMENT AND ENHANCEMENT has nothing to
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| | gems clarity and brightness.
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| do with man created gems or synthetic
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| | Heating of most kinds of gemstones is a
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| gems. Treating and enhancing gemstone is
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| | standard treatment procedure. Heating
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| a very common step to improve gems
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| | knowledge was passed over generations.
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| appearance. Some treatment and
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| | Heating Methods vary from simply burning
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| enhancement improved by nature are
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| | method to highly techniques under
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| permanent and cannot be detected.
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| | regulate temperature (More knowledge at
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| Treatment and enhancement procedure so
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| | Diffusion is an enhancement method,
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| closely resembles what happens in nature,
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| | commonly used on corundum, added iron and
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| that one cannot always tell if they have
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| | titanium during the heating process of
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| been treated after mining or before.
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| | the gemstone, sometime called surface
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| Microscopic examination will sometimes
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| | diffusion. Diffusion layer created by
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| reveal an inclusion that burst during
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| | adding elements. This layer described as
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| heating treatment, but lacking that there
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| | colored coating. Radiation
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| is no way to tell exact that heat
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| | enhancement or irradiation means pounding
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| treatment was done before or after
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| | material with subatomic particles. In
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| mining. There are many techniques of
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| | some case, irradiation is followed by
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| treated or enhanced gems (More knowledge
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| | heating to produce a better or new color
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| at Briefly explanations of the important
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| | for the gem - such as topaz. Today so
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| techniques is given below.
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| | many irradiation technique applied and
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| Oiling treatment method has been used
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| | has created shades that cannot found in
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| form more than hundreds years, mostly
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| | natural topaz. Same way in tourmaline,
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| emerald treated to derive its beautiful
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| | irradiation can turn dark pink stone into
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| green color and clarity. In the same way,
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| | red. For diamonds irradiation and heating
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| other colored stones such as alexandrite
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| | can turned them into browns, blues,
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| and rubies have been treated this way
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| | yellows, pinks and greens.
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