[Jewelry making - Article 00380] - Re: [Orchid] Jeweler chipped my padparadscha

[doug out]

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Hi everyone,

    thanks for the advice on recutting.....the chip is small, but there
    is a fracture underneath it that would require a bit of cutting to
    remove. to answer a couple more questions, the stone is heated and
    B-treated, otherwise known as beryllium diffusion or AHT (advanced
    heat treatment). i believe that just about any padparadsha these
    days (and most fancy sapphires and many rubies, also some blues) 
    that does not have a lab report from a good lab saying otherwise is
    probably AHT . this treatment has been around for just a couple of
    years, and is very controversial, though it has made these stones
    affordable for us.  i knew i what i was getting when i bought it,
    and of course i louped it, i even checked it out under darkfield
    illumination. it was eye clean.  there was no chip anywhere in the
    stone when i brought it to be set, and i definitely should have
    louped it before i put my own tools to it. 

    as far as finding a good jeweler, i live in a small town and have a
    tough time with the jewelers here because i compete with them and
    sell nice stones for lower prices, so i went to the one jeweler that
    i didn't know, though he did also come recommended by a friend.
    anyway, whatever, it was not a terribly expensive unheated Sri
    Lankan stone, and i'll actually be back in Bangkok soon anyway.
    maybe i'll pick up a few extra to sell this time.

doug out

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