JEWELRY GEMSTONE CARE, CLEANING AND STONE TREATMENT
Part of owning a precious stone is maintaining its beauty through care and cleaning. At TurquoiseJewelry, we have created a guide to help manage and maintain the quality of your jewelry. Use our guide to identify the best way to care for your jewelry.
Gemstone |
Enhancement Method |
Purpose |
Frequency Used |
Special Care |
A |
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Agate (All colors) |
None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Usually |
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lab Created |
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Heated |
To enhance color and durability |
Usually |
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Amazonite
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None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Amber
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None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Heated |
To enhance the stones appearance, add "sun spangles: and deepen color |
Commonly |
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Heated with oils and pressure |
To enhance color or alter color |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color or alter color |
Commonly |
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Amethyst
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None |
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Normal care, some stones may fade in color due to direct and extended exposure to sunlight.
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Heated |
To lighten and/or remove color |
Commonly |
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Lab Created |
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Irradiated |
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Commonly |
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Aquamarine
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None |
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Normal care, some stones may fade in color due to direct and extended exposure to sunlight.
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Heated |
To enhance color or alter color |
Often |
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Lab Created |
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Luster enhanced |
To enhance the stones appearance and clarity |
Often |
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Amazonite
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None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Aventurine
|
None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Azurite
|
None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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B |
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Bloodstone
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None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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C |
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Carnelian
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None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Heated |
To enhance or alter color |
Usually |
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Lab created |
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Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Charoite
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None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Chrysoprase
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None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Chrysocolla
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None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Citrine (All colors)
|
None |
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Normal care, some stones may fade in color due to direct and extended exposure to sunlight.
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Heated |
To enhance or alter color |
Usually |
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Lab created |
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Luster enhancement |
To improve overall appearance |
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Coral (All colors) |
None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Bleached |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
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Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
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Impregnated with colorless wax |
To improve quality of coral for shaping and polishing |
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Impregnated with plastic |
To improve quality of coral for shaping and polishing |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Luster enhancement |
To improve overall appearance |
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Cubic Zirconia (All colors) |
None |
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Normal care, some stones may fade in color due to direct and extended exposure to sunlight. |
D |
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Dalmatine
|
None |
|
|
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Diamond - (Natural color) |
SilverTribe.com does not knowingly accept treatments of any kind for natural color diamonds. |
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Normal care, some stones may fade in color due to direct and extended exposure to sunlight. |
Diamond - (Most colors) |
Irradiation, Heat and High Temperature High Pressure. These are the only color treatments that QVC knowingly accepts. |
To create color |
Always |
Normal care, some stones may fade in color due to direct and extended exposure to sunlight. |
Diamond - (Black) |
Heated |
To enhance or alter color |
Always |
Normal care, some stones may fade in color due to direct and extended exposure to sunlight. |
Dolomite |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Dyed |
To create color |
Occasionally |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
Dyed and impregnated with resin |
Commonly |
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E |
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Emerald
|
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Lab created |
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Oiling |
To improve clarity and appearance |
Usually |
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F |
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Fluorite
|
None |
|
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Heated |
To enhance the stones appearance |
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Irradiated |
To enhance the stones appearance |
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G |
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Garnet
|
None |
|
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Best to avoid sudden temperature changes.
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Lab created |
|
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Gaspeite
|
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Goldstone
|
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Howlite |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Occasionally |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Jade (All colors) |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Bleached with acid, dyed and impregnated with resin/polymer |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
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Impregnated with colorless wax |
To enhance the stones appearance |
Commonly |
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Dyed and impregnated |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
|
|
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance the stones appearance |
Commonly |
||
Jasper (All varieties) |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Jet |
None |
To enhance or alter color |
Always |
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners. |
Labradorite
|
None |
|
|
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Lapis Lazuli
|
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Dyed |
To provide color or uniformity of color or color durability |
Commonly |
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Impregnated with colorless resin |
To provide color or uniformity of color or color durability |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
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Luster enhancement |
|
|
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Denim Lapis |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Dyed |
To provide color or uniformity of color or color durability |
Commonly |
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Impregnated |
To provide durability |
Occasionally |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Larimar (All varieties) |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Magnesite
|
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Dyed |
To provide color or uniformity of color or color durability |
|
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Impregnated |
To provide color or uniformity of color or color durability |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated |
To increase durability & improve appearance |
|
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Malachite |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Moonstone (All colors) |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Mother-of Pearl |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed |
To stabilize color |
Usually |
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Mother-of-Pearl Watch Dial (An assembled product) |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
|
|
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Coated with colored polymer |
To improve durability |
Commonly |
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Obsidian (All varieties) |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Onyx (All colors) |
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Usually |
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Lab created |
|
|
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Opal (Black, White, Red, Pink, Blue, Purple, Fire) |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Impregnated with colorless plastic |
To enhance the stones appearance |
Occasionally |
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Lab created |
|
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Oyster Shell |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Bleached |
To improve color and uniformity |
Usually |
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Dyed |
To add or improve color |
Sometimes |
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Irradiated |
To add or improve color |
Sometimes |
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Chemical treatment |
To add or improve color |
Sometimes |
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Polished |
To improve surface appearance |
|
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Lab created |
|
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance appearance |
Sometimes |
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Pearl |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Bleached |
To improve color and uniformity |
Usually |
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Dyed |
To add or improve color |
Sometimes |
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Irradiated |
To add or improve color |
Sometimes |
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Chemical treatment |
To add or improve color |
Sometimes |
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Polished |
To improve surface appearance |
|
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Lab created |
|
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance appearance |
Sometimes |
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Peridot |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Pieterstie |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Quartz (All colors) |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Heated |
To enhance or alter color |
Usually |
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Irradiated |
To enhance or alter color |
Usually |
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Coated - Often called Diffusion Treated |
To enhance or alter color |
Often |
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Heated and quenched |
To introduce crackled structure |
Always |
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Dyed |
To add or improve color |
Often |
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Lab created |
|
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance the stones appearance |
|
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Quartzite |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Dyed and impregnated |
To improve color and appearance |
Often |
||
Impregnated with colorless plastic |
To increase durability and improve appearance |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance the stones appearance |
Often |
||
Rhodochrosite |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Rhodonite |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster Enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Rock |
None |
|
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Impregnated |
To increase durability and improve appearance |
Commonly |
||
Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance the stones appearance |
Often |
||
Ruby
|
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Heated |
To enhance or alter color |
Usually |
||
Filling of surface cavities and fractures as a by-product of heating and visible under 10 X magnification. |
No visible effect |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Latice Diffusion - See Red Sapphire |
To enhance or alter color |
Occasionally |
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Ryolite |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Sapphire (All colors)
|
None |
|
|
Normal care, some stones may fade in color due to direct and extended exposure to sunlight.
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Heated |
To produce or alter color |
Usually |
||
Filling of surface cavities and fractures as a by-product of heating and visible under 10 X magnification. |
No visible effect |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Lattice Diffusion |
To enhance or alter color |
Occasionally |
||
Seraphinite |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Serpentine |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Shell (Abalone - Spiny Oyster) |
None |
|
|
Avoid sudden temperature changes, chemicals and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed |
To create color |
Commonly |
||
Sodalite |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Sugalite |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Coated, Often referred to a Diffusion Treated |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
||
Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Often |
||
Lab created |
|
|
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance the stones appearance |
Commonly |
||
Tiger's-Eye |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Bleached |
To enhance or alter color |
Usually |
||
Heated |
To enhance or alter color |
Usually |
||
Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Usually |
||
Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
|
|
||
Luster enhancement |
To enhance the stones appearance |
|
||
Tourmaline (All colors) |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Heated |
To enhance or alter color |
|
||
Irradiated |
To enhance or alter color |
|
||
Oiling |
To improve apparent clarity |
|
||
Lab created |
|
|
||
Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
|
||
Turquoise |
None |
|
|
Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
|
Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
||
Lab created |
The composite material is a manufactured product that consists mostly of turquoise and resin. Artificial veining. |
|
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Unakite |
None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Varasite / Variscite |
None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Impregnated with colorless resin or plastic |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Luster enhancement |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Dyed |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |
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Lab created |
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Dyed and impregnated with resin |
To enhance color and durability |
Commonly |
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Zircon (All colors) |
None |
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Best to avoid temperature swings, heat, chemicals, cosmetics, and ultrasonic cleaners.
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Lab created |
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Heated |
To enhance or alter color |
Commonly |