[Jewelry making - Article 00816] - [Orchid] Problem with Aquamarine Beads

[Robert]

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    I had made for a customer 51 pieces of 6 mm sperical faceted drilled
    Aquamarine beads to use in a necklace with a 250+ carat aquamarine
    briolette cut from a 108 gram piece of rough that I supplied to him. 

    Now the customer is upset because the Aquamarine beads are not the
    same color as the briolette. It appears that in drilling the 6 mm
    beads the drill hole has caused the beads to become much lighter
    than they were before drilling. The customer wants to know if it is
    possible to polish the inside of the drill hole in the beads so that
    it doesn't lighten up the color of the beads - or if there exists
    some coloring processs whereby the interior of the drill hole can be
    colored to strengthen the color of the beads. 

    Does anyone have any experience with solving this kind of problem? 

Best regards,
Robert Lowe
Lowe Associates - Brasil
Gemstones, Rough, Specimens
Tucson - February 2 - 7, 2005 - GJX # 205
e-fax: 1-240-757-6022
e-mail: USA    < robertplowejr AT juno.com >
e-mail: Brasil < robertplowejr AT uol.com.br >

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