Questions about the identification of substances present in fractures of emeralds worldwide.
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Who is responsible for this identification job, where the police forces are to punish non-disclosure, and where gemology classes are for teaching identification of fracture filling?
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The lack of trained gemologists, equipment for identification, and the financial burden of checking every emerald.
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It is challenging to guarantee the history of each emerald, given the various hands it passes through.
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Let's discuss the potential cocktail of substances accumulating in fractures during the journey from the mine to jewelry.
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The term "oiling" is its evolved meaning from using oil to any comparable colorless fracture-filling material.
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