Saturday, June 20, 2015

Laser Drill Holes in Diamond

I was asked to help a client sell a diamond they had purchased while on a cruise.  Upon examination, the laser drill holes were obvious.  The stone also had some very interesting inclusions.  It is an irradiated blue weighing over 5 carats.  I am awaiting a report from GIA New York, but as of now I am thinking HPHT because of the inclusions.  So it could be radiated, drilled, filled and HPHT.  But I’ll need a GIA report to confirm.


This is not going to be an easy sale for me because I have no idea where to unload treated stones.  I don’t even know where to buy them (we don’t deal with them).


Anyway, the pictures are cool.


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Thanks for looking


 


Eric W. Baker, G.G.


 



Laser Drill Holes in Diamond

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