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 Post subject: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:59 am 
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Having trouble with these inclusions. Natural or flux?


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:08 pm 
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I can't overstate the benefits of immersion when one is trying to seperate natural from flux inclusions.


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:51 pm 
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Agree. Those look like potentially flux inclusions to me.


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:55 am 
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more photos in immersion. Any help is greatly appreciated.


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:01 pm 
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one more photo


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:38 pm 
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What you should do with immersion technique:

The liquid used should be methylene iodide.

The scope used should be horizontal. Kruss, Eickhorst. You must be able to turn your stone 360º withing the immersion vessel. Flux inclusions, with immersion, will remain black in all directions. Similar looking natural inclusions will blink when rotated.



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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:16 pm 
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Thank you VERY much. Your too kind. This was very helpful. These inclusions in question did not show black in immersion.


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
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What were you immersing them in?


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:17 pm 
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methylene iodide


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:29 pm 
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were you able to rotate the stone 360º?


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:33 pm 
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yes, i rotated the stone directly and rotated the entire container with the stone in it. The inclusions stayed "white" the entire time


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
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Huh. That's suspect.


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:07 pm 
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suggestions?


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:03 pm 
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Where do you live? Perhaps a member is close and can help you out.


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 Post subject: Re: Natural Ruby
PostPosted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:43 pm 
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Barbra,
Thank you very much for all your help. I'm gonna have to pass on this stone as I'm not comfortable with the results/testing that I'm seeing. I have advised the customer to get additional testing. Sometimes you have to know your limits and admit that you don't know everything. Thanks again for all you help.


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