TheManWithNoName
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So called' Gem Expert' Dave Troth is flogging a Lepidolite bangle. Treatment = filled.
He says "We like to be open and transparent with you. This has had slight fissue filling. It's like a wax coating over the top".
Erm..... no it isn't. Fracture filling involves actually penetrating the stone to fill in any cracks and crevices within it.
It really boils my blood when invasive treatments are shrugged off as being minimal. They do the same when something is heat treated - claiming it's had "just a little bit of heat". Heat treated stones are heated to extreme temperatures. They make it sound like its been dangled over a tea light for 30 seconds.
He says "We like to be open and transparent with you. This has had slight fissue filling. It's like a wax coating over the top".
Erm..... no it isn't. Fracture filling involves actually penetrating the stone to fill in any cracks and crevices within it.
It really boils my blood when invasive treatments are shrugged off as being minimal. They do the same when something is heat treated - claiming it's had "just a little bit of heat". Heat treated stones are heated to extreme temperatures. They make it sound like its been dangled over a tea light for 30 seconds.