Buying opals: Seven mistakes people make
Buying opals: Seven mistakes people make
Buying opals: sieben Fehler, die Menschen machen, ist ein sehr notwendige Thema, für Schmuck ist eine große Entscheidung, wegen der Einzigartigkeit und Schönheit des Steins, der seine Farbe ändert, wenn sie eingeschaltet. But this practice is fraught with danger.
In der Vergangenheit 30 Jahre oder so, clever marketers have found ways of producing gemstones such as rubies, Saphiren, emeralds and more recently, opals that look not just like the real thing but are actually produced in a laboratory.
It’s fine to own costume jewelry if that’s what you want but if you want the real thing, be careful of this practice. Leider, weil Opal ist eine solche spezialisierten Edelstein, viele Juweliere selbst wissen nicht viel darüber und über seine Herkunft verwechselt.
Buying opals that will crack or craze in a relatively short time
Opals and other gemstones such as emeralds have a tendency to crack if they are not from reliable sources. Emeralds are often treated with oil that can hide the cracks. Opal cracks are more difficult to hide but because opal is hydrated silica (meaning it has a percentage of water content.) Das ist in Ordnung, wenn der Opal aus der australischen Outback Wüste kommt, wo der Stein über wahrscheinlich Tausende von Jahren ausgetrocknet wurde.
Viele Opale sind billig sind von den Küsten nass oder bergigen Gebieten vertrieben, wo der Wassergehalt zu hoch ist. These stones will almost certainly crack in time. You will need to make sure, even if your stone IS from Australia, that you have an international perpetual guarantee from a reliable supplier with a good reputation.
Buying opals that will lose their color almost immediately if you soak them in water
For a similar reason as the comments made above, opals from wet areas are also very porous which means that the surface of the stone can be like blotting paper. If you happen to wear your opal ring in the wash-up or the shower, it will almost certainly suck in the moisture and turn beautiful color into an ugly brown.
A good indication of this type of porous opal is that they are often faceted like diamonds and sapphires, rather than cut with a dome. This is not always the case but because they are often more translucent than opaque the stone presents better with facets.
This is an immediate indication that it could well be a stone that will probably change color. It is said that if you put these stones in the sun for a while, the color will return but since they are often prone to cracking as well, this can be a risky procedure.
Buying opals without a high dome that are claw set
Für Krallen auf einem Stein verschlossen werden erfolgreich ist es fast zwingend notwendig, dass der Stein hoch gewölbt oder gibt es eine Tendenz für die Härte der Gold oder Silber Klauen sein, den Rand des Opal Chip. We are not saying that you should not buy stones like this because if they have been successfully closed without chipping the stone, das ist gut. just look very closely and ask the supplier if the setting is perfect.
Kaufen Sie Opale ohne das Kleingedruckte zu lesen, um sicherzustellen, dass es nicht ‚lab‘ Opal oder vom Menschen verursachte
Even in some well respected online shopping sites, because the promoters are not opal experts, they don’t know anything about the differences between natural and synthetic opal. Often the individual promoters on these sites will hide the real identification of the opal within the body of extensive explanations and it’s so easy to read a paragraph and not even notice the ‘lab opal’ or ‘laboratory opal’ or ‘created opal’ identification.
Sicher, in MOST cases reputable sites will mention this but if you are not looking for it, it can easily be missed, resulting in you paying for something that looks OK but is not real.
Buying opals that have the same color on the front as the back of the stone
Dies ist eine ausgezeichnete verräterische Weise einen synthetischen Opal auf einem Blick zu identifizieren, auch wenn Sie nicht viel wissen über den Stein. Es ist nicht immer anwendbar, da bei Gelegenheiten natürliche Edelsteine sind die gleiche Farbe direkt durch den Stein aber in der Regel, die Rückseite des Steins werden einige Mängel haben oder zumindest unterschiedliche Muster auf der Oberseite des Steins haben.
So if you are buying an opal unless it’s from a reputable opal dealer, always ask to see the back of the stone as well as the front. If the back of the jewelry item is covered by gold and silver, it’s impossible to check, so kaufen Sie es nicht, wenn Sie einen absoluten haben perpetual guarantee that it is natural. We say ‘perpetual’ because if the item is only guaranteed for a year, often the cracks or change of color will occur a couple of years down the track.
Buying opals that have a pattern that does not look natural
Als Kunststoffe erfunden wurden, hatten sie ein Muster, das offensichtlich unnatürlich, weil das Muster war ‚sah‘ Mann gemacht Befinden zu symmetrisch. Jedoch, dies ist kein guter Führer heute, weil sie dieses Problem im Labor überwunden haben und wenn Sie ein Experte sind, kann es sehr schwierig, aus dem Vordergrund des Steines, den Unterschied zu erzählen.
This just emphasizes again that unless you are dealing with a trained opal processor who gives an international perpetual guarantee, you really don’t know what you are buying and this piece of advice does not apply just to opal because jewellers shops nowadays are full of beautiful ‘rubies’ ‘sapphires’ and ‘diamonds’ which are man-made. As mentioned earlier, not that this is wrong. There is a market for them, as long as you know what you are buying and you are paying the right price for what is actually costume jewelry.
Catherine March 30th, 2013 one of thousands reported hier
Wollte nur sagen, ein großes Dankeschön an Peter für seine Beratung. Ich war erwägen den Kauf eines 1920er opal ring bei einer Auktion und fragte Peter, wie groß ein Problem der Rissbildung war, und dank ihm wurde ich vom Kauf einer wertlosen Stein gerettet! Sehr geschätzt. – Catherine, USA
Buying opals: Seven mistakes people make
