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| How to Use Refractol |
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| 1 | Pick your Gem Rough or Gemstone | Select the gem rough or gem stone that you want to analyze. Refractol is used alot to examine the interior of gems or rough that have rough exterior surfaces or have a high refractive inde that disperses a lot of light making it hard to see inside of them. |
| 2 | Immerse the stone into the Refractol liquid. | Immerse the stone completely into the refractol liquid. Immediately the outer edges and the light shining off the surface goes away. It looks like the outer surface of the stone has been peeled away! |
| 3 | Move the stone inside the refractol liquid | Move the stone around inside the liquid and take notice of any inclusions or color zoning that is present. Use a strong light source near the stone to help illuminate any veils that can be difficult to locate. |
| 4 | After Immersion | Once you remove the stone from the refractol liquid it will still have some refractol on it and it dampens the light dispersion. This allows you to continue to see into the stone well and gives it an extra transparency for review from outside of the refractol liquid. |
| 5 | Refractol Photos | Please see down below for the large photos of the thumbnails shown at the top. |
| Disclaimer | CYA! | I am no expert! I use these tools as best I can, but I am not a graduate gemologist by any means. I try to keep it simple as much for me as for you, so please use this as a starting point and when you get in deep, consult your books and experts. Thanks! |
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Large Pictures of using Refractol to view stone.
