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Sapphire Heat Treatment: What Heating Changes and How Gemmologists Detect It

sapphire heat treatment, very common, but amazing results

Sapphire Heat treatment can transform colour and clarity without changing its identity as natural corundum. Discover what happens inside sapphire during heating, why low-temperature treatment can be difficult to detect, and how professional gemmological laboratories combine microscopy, fluorescence, FTIR and other analytical evidence to distinguish heated from unheated stones