JTV.com's Learning Library is delighted to share with you this excerpt from the important article "Gemstone Enhancement and its Detection in the 2000's" from Gems & Gemology, Vol. 46, No. 3.* Part One of Four segments to be shared in the JTV.com Learning Library, this first excerpt explores Thermal Enhancement and Diffusion Treatment. Read Part One in its entirety at jtv.com/library and to learn more about the treatments applied to the gemstones shown in this fantastic image:
*Gemstone Enhancement and its Detection in the 2000s: Thermal Enhancement and Diffusion Treatment by Shane F. McClure, Robert E. Kane, and Nicholas Sturman, from GEMS & GEMOLOGY, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 218–240. © 2010 Gemological Institute of America, Fall 2010
Published on JTV.com: January 2012
