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A Pink Sapphire with Questionable Heat Treatment
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A Pink Sapphire with Questionable Heat Treatment

Gao Yujie, Huang T.T, Andrew Christopher Lucas The Journal of Gemmology 2025

Abstract

A pink sapphire weighing over 20 ct was recently submitted to Guild Gem Laboratories, and it presented a particularly challenging case for the determination of heat treatment. According to the client, the stone had previously received four reports from three different laboratories

Citation

Gao Yujie, Huang T.T, Andrew Christopher Lucas. (2025) A Pink Sapphire with Questionable Heat Treatment. The Journal of Gemmology, Vol. 39, No. 8, pp. 736-738.