A jewelry store here in Denver brought me this Blue Topaz which was set in a heavy white gold pendant mounting.
The stone had bumped into another hard stone which had put a chip into the table of the Blue Topaz.
Because the stone was set with heavy bezels, the jeweler prefered to not have to unmount and then re-mount the stone.
This is the white gold pendant with the Blue Topaz which they brought me.
In the enlarged photo you can see the chip in the table of the Blue Topaz.
The impact created tiny micro-fractures which extended into the stone.
I had to first take down the table far enough to get 'under' those fractures. Then I put a high polish on the new table.
You can see that the chip is gone and the table has a nice new polish!
This is the finished Blue Topaz pendant which has now been repaired.
→ Take me back to examples of Re-polishing the Table while still in the Mounting . . .
Denton Anderson,
Gemologist & Gem Cutter
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Graduate Gemologist, GIA, GG
Over 20 years of experience.
