[Jewelry making - Article 00129] - Re: [Orchid] Fragile gemstones

[coralnut]

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    I have also noticed an acute fragility with watermelon tourmaline of
    late. The question here is....are treatments also being used on this
    tourmaline or is it just my aging fat fumbling fingers? One comment
    was made to me by an associate that watermelon tourmaline is never
    treated as it is already of light color.  Nonetheless, someone out
    there in the 'treating' community may have found some reason to do
    something with it such as sharpening the color bands etc?! 

    Cheers from Don at The Charles Belle Studio in SOFL where simple
    elegance IS fine jewelry! dcdietz AT attbi.com 


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