– filling surface-reaching fractures or cavities with a glass, resin, wax or oil to conceal their visibility and to improve the apparent clarity of gem materials, appearance, stability, or in extreme cases— to add to a slight amount of weight to a gem. The filling materials vary from being solids( a glass) to liquids( oils), and in most cases, they are colorless.
Surface reaching fractures in diamonds can be filled with molten lead glass, lessening the appearance of the fractures.
Ruby – Numerous surface-reaching fractures are filled with a glass to lessen their visibility and make the gem more transparent than it really is.
Emerald – Surface-reaching fractures in emerald are sometimes filled with essential oils, other oils, waxes, and“ artificial resins”
FRACTURE OR CAVITY FILLING
– filling surface-reaching fractures or cavities with a glass, resin, wax or oil to conceal their visibility and to improve the apparent clarity of gem materials, appearance, stability, or in extreme cases— to add to a slight amount of weight to a gem. The filling materials vary from being solids( a glass) to liquids( oils), and in most cases, they are colorless.
Surface reaching fractures in diamonds can be filled with molten lead glass, lessening the appearance of the fractures.
Ruby – Numerous surface-reaching fractures are filled with a glass to lessen their visibility and make the gem more transparent than it really is.
Emerald – Surface-reaching fractures in emerald are sometimes filled with essential oils, other oils, waxes, and“ artificial resins”