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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
need some sapphire advice/reccomendations please!
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<blockquote data-quote="blayke" data-source="post: 74687" data-attributes="member: 2379"><p>haha no probs guys thanks king and varts and yes it will be a big trust thing....especially up here people swap stones all the time.....</p><p>There is a 2-3 mm layer of crap like part of a star on the bottom. mum has an old mate who used to be a cutter but to old now to cut but he said he will remove the crap he called it (making a Window) to see the stone better as this little section casts a shadow on the stone and stops the light so ya can't see the colour properly....then we are taking it to a couple local cutters and a friend that's a valuer to get a better idea of what should come out of it but won't know till the crap comes off and shows the colour better...The</p><p></p><p>another question, in the part that is see through, the colour is not cloudy in the slightest very bright, I've been told different stories regarding heat treatment and that it's only worth cooking if it's cloudy...The stone does have growth lines and again different stories some say they increase the value in a cut stone because they show its a genuine sapphire others saying cooking might take out the growth lines...anyone experience with cooking stones?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blayke, post: 74687, member: 2379"] haha no probs guys thanks king and varts and yes it will be a big trust thing....especially up here people swap stones all the time..... There is a 2-3 mm layer of crap like part of a star on the bottom. mum has an old mate who used to be a cutter but to old now to cut but he said he will remove the crap he called it (making a Window) to see the stone better as this little section casts a shadow on the stone and stops the light so ya can't see the colour properly....then we are taking it to a couple local cutters and a friend that's a valuer to get a better idea of what should come out of it but won't know till the crap comes off and shows the colour better...The another question, in the part that is see through, the colour is not cloudy in the slightest very bright, I've been told different stories regarding heat treatment and that it's only worth cooking if it's cloudy...The stone does have growth lines and again different stories some say they increase the value in a cut stone because they show its a genuine sapphire others saying cooking might take out the growth lines...anyone experience with cooking stones? [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
need some sapphire advice/reccomendations please!
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