Beryllium treatment

[mus]

Beryllium treatment seems now widely accepted in sapphire business.
But is it safe for health ? Is there any danger ?

 

[Sagebrush]

Mus,


"Widely accepted", that is debatable. The treatment is difficult to detect in small stones without lab analysis. If you are asking about your personal health, though I doubt there is any real issue, my advise, never suck on a sapphire.

Cheers,

 

[chrono]

I would not call it widely accepted either. Many reputable coloured stone vendors still will not touch it with a 10 ft pole.

 

[T L]

Date: 10/29/2008 6:22:31 AM
Author: Richard W. Wise
Mus,


''Widely accepted'', that is debatable. The treatment is difficult to detect in small stones without lab analysis. If you are asking about your personal health, though I doubt there is any real issue, my advise, never suck on a sapphire.

Cheers,

Richard,
Thanks for the laugh. I''ll make sure I don''t eat any sapphires any time soon!!

While they are beautiful, I don''t think they''re good for your digestion.

 

[mus]

I agree with you : that is debatable.
I do not like beryllium treated sapphires but unfortunatly, many dishonest sellers only mentioned ''heated'' instead ''berryllium heated''. And that is quite different.