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Friday, July 3, 2015

Blue sugilite necklace

10 comments:

KATE SARSFIELD said...: I know this one - blue sugilite! See, I'm learning!; July 9, 2015 at 10:44 AM
Natalia Khon said...: I have a story for this one. I was a bit in a hurry to finish it, so I scratched it while making a bezel for it. So I took it to a professional lapidary to re-polish it.

He looked at it and said: "You know that it is dyed, right?" (a stone cannot be re-polished if it is dyed, as a dye is only on the surface, and polishing removes a thin layer of the surface.

I said: "No, it is not. I bought it from a reputable seller". So he did it. The stone, of course, stayed dark blue, as the color is real and, of course, goes all way through the stone.

I though it was interesting, that a professional lapidary who has seen a lot more stones than an average jeweller, have not seen a blue sugilite like this one before!; July 10, 2015 at 4:34 AM
KATE SARSFIELD said...: I suppose because it's such a rarity - see you're teaching him as well!; July 10, 2015 at 7:56 AM
Natalia Khon said...: That was surprising... as he actually taught me a lot more :); July 10, 2015 at 7:59 AM
KATE SARSFIELD said...: What sort of things?; July 10, 2015 at 8:05 AM
KATE SARSFIELD said...: And what sort of dyes are used to colour stones?; July 10, 2015 at 8:06 AM
Natalia Khon said...: He was a lapidary who was selling the stones in his store. So I learned about many nice stones that they were not teaching us at school. It was gemology that I've learned in college (precious stones only). I barely knew any nice, though not precious stones until I've found his shop :) That also was a store where I worked and taught my classes :); July 10, 2015 at 8:10 AM
Natalia Khon said...: They use many ways... I do not know all the ways to due a stone. Some of them sound quite nasty... like soaking the stones (mostly agates) in some kind of acid with a dye. Just knowing that makes jewelers to not respect a dyed stone :); July 10, 2015 at 8:13 AM
KATE SARSFIELD said...: He sounds really interesting, the sort of person you could listen to for hours!; July 11, 2015 at 8:51 AM
Natalia Khon said...: We could, if he was talking much :); July 11, 2015 at 9:18 AM

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