Heat Treatment

Treatments & Enhancements

Definition

The controlled heating of a gemstone to high temperatures to improve or alter its color, clarity, or both, by inducing or dissolving inclusions and changing trace element oxidation states.

Detailed Explanation

El calentamiento controlado de una gema a altas temperaturas para mejorar o alterar su color, claridad, o ambos, induciendo o disolviendo inclusiones y cambiando los estados de oxidación de los oligoelementos.