{"id":16909,"date":"2022-09-06T19:20:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/?p=16909"},"modified":"2022-09-06T19:21:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:51:31","slug":"fracture-filled-emerald-with-mysterious-filler-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/fracture-filled-emerald-with-mysterious-filler-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Fracture-Filled Emerald with Mysterious Filler Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Emeralds are known to have natural cracks or fractures. The filling of surface-reaching fractures with various oils and resins is the most common practice to minimize fractures to improve an emerald\u2019s appearance. The author recently examined a 3.04 ct emerald that revealed a mysterious filler pattern along the fractures, resembling a labyrinth and convolution (see above). Fracture filling can be identified using various methods. In this case, it displayed a chalky fluorescence under long-wave ultraviolet flashlight and was also detected with simple microscopic observation and fiber-optic lighting. The internal graining, irregular two-phase inclusions, and long needles within this stone indicated a natural origin. This was a unique and visually interesting pattern in the fracture filling material of an emerald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gia.edu\/gems-gemology\/summer-2022-microworld-fracture-filled-emerald-with-filler-patterns\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a>\u00a0is republished\u00a0with permission from\u00a0the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emeralds are known to have natural cracks or fractures. The filling of surface-reaching fractures with various oils and resins is the most common practice to minimize fractures to improve an emerald\u2019s appearance. The author recently examined a 3.04 ct emerald that revealed a mysterious filler pattern along the fractures, resembling a labyrinth and convolution (see&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,100],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-16909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coloured-gemstones","category-in-focus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fracture-Filled Emerald with Mysterious Filler Patterns - Solitaire magazine is a International jewellery magazine - India\u2019s leading B2B gem and jewellery magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/fracture-filled-emerald-with-mysterious-filler-patterns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fracture-Filled Emerald with Mysterious Filler Patterns - Solitaire magazine is a International jewellery magazine - India\u2019s leading B2B gem and jewellery magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Emeralds are known to have natural cracks or fractures. 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