[Jewelry making - Article 00556] - Re: [Orchid] Faceting, solutions to match RI

[Nick]

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>        I have a jar full of pale aquamarine that is so beat up on the
>     outside that I can't tell whether any of it is usable. What do I
>     pop it into to make it "disappear"? 

Noel,

    The usual liquid used for immersing beryl for gemmological purposes
    is Benzyl Benzoate (RI approx 1.56). It is colourless, oily and quite
    smelly, but does just the job with stones such as quartz and beryl.
    Be careful when using it, like all chemicals! It is not a good idea
    to mix Benzyl Benzoate with plastic (i.e. use a plastic container) as
    it attacks plastics! At least in my experience it did when used this
    way.

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