Padparadscha or Pretender • An Unusual Pink-Orange Sapphire

[Arcadian]

Goes DEEP, and for those interested in these types of stones, a must read.

Padparadscha or Pretender • An Unusual Pink-Orange Sapphire

An orangish pink “padparadscha” sapphire was submitted for testing at Lotus Gemology’s Bangkok laboratory. Testing showed a number of conflicting features that suggested the gem was a cleverly treated synthetic pink sapphire designed to imitate natural padparadscha.

lotusgemology.com

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

This was a great read. Thanks for posting it.

 

[shelovesinclusions]

Very interesting read. It's amazing how much effort there is in treatments to try to make synthetics look like passable lower quality gems, though in a highly desired color. Modern day alchemy.

 

[Arcadian]

Very interesting read. It's amazing how much effort there is in treatments to try to make synthetics look like passable lower quality gems, though in a highly desired color. Modern day alchemy.

I know! that about blew my mind!

 

[LilAlex]

Lead! Not just fake -- but poison, too!

 

[Niffler75]

@Arcadian Really interesting read, thanks for sharing! I love how much I am learning on PS!