[Jewelry making - Article 00403] - Re: [Orchid] Fragile gemstones

[Dave Sebaste]

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>     One comment was made to me by an associate that watermelon
>     tourmaline is never treated as it is already of light color. 

    Hi Don, I don't have an authoritative response, but an anecdotal one.
    I bought a nice watermelon tourmaline crystal in matrix specimen at a
    rock shop in Florida several years ago. I discovered last year that
    the colors have lost a great deal of the intensity they had when I
    acquired it. The specimen has had limited exposure to direct light,
    so I surmise it was treated in some way, and that treatment is not as
    permanent as I would have liked. 

    Another piece in the puzzle? 

Dave
Dave Sebaste
Sebaste Studio and
Carolina Artisans' Gallery
Charlotte, NC (USA)
dave AT sebaste.com 
http://www.CarolinaArtisans.com 

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