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Distinguish of real crystal and synthetic crystal

2009-9-21   Source:AYpearl

Currently on the market to see many kinds of crystal, there is natural colorless crystal, citrine, smoky quartz, amethyst; artificial change color sky blue crystal, orange crystal, purple crystal, color crystal; synthetic colorless crystal, and purple crystal. Because they look basically the same distinction between not so good.

(A) Natural and synthetic colorless crystal colorless crystal difference
Colorless crystal of natural and synthetic colorless crystal, in an unprecedented market, mainly used to make beaded top dragonflies and a crystal ball, their point is the difference between inclusion, transparency and so on.
Inclusions in the overwhelming majority-efficient naturalcrystal necklace or a crystal ball, there will always be a certain defects, special they are put into the water immersion, or proposed, with the naked eye will not fresh beaded or crystal ball in a certain place, to see trace a small fracture of the reflective surface. Or face flocculation of the gas-liquid inclusions. The synthesis of crystal inclusions were fewer roots, almost did not see any defects.
Transparency of the natural crystal blue crystal-clear, internal clear, if the engraved face, put into water-containing beads necklace with white porcelain basin, in addition to the periphery to see each and beaded, the beads of water in the middle of a clear, as if nothing there is feeling. With the synthesis of natural crystal is very transparent, but into the water, the beads surrounding clear, but the middle does not like the natural crystal beads and the surrounding water as clear as can feel the presence of beads.
(B) Natural Amethyst and synthetic amethyst
Natural and synthetic amethyst difference between two points.
Color and distribution of natural colors bright amethyst like amethyst bracelet soft, but the uneven distribution of the main stone on the water, we can see the purple patch or flat ribbon. The synthesis of the purple shades of Amethyst and recent tend to be more uniform; accompanied by gray colors, color is not some stiff glamorous. Even the uneven color of some products, but also a gradual transition in accordance with light, did not see a purple patch straight ribbon of peace soon.
Inclusions can be seen Tiger stripe shaped natural amethyst healing cracked or air-floc liquid inclusions. The Synthetic Amethyst rarely seen inclusions, occasionally only to see the sheet-shaped seed colorless or white bread, Central Java close ranks inclusions.
(C) natural crystal and the crystal to change color difference between
After a natural crystal or radioactive ion accelerator bombarded a short photo, you can pay into the brown, brown black, golden yellow, purple and color. In addition to two-color crystal, the other to change color crystal colors are very even, into the water and did not see a chromophore or ribbon. Change color crystal colors are always accompanied by a gray tone; color has no natural crystal that Cheung is bright and vivid.
Nature has not yet seen in the same crystal jewelry at both ends, showing remarkable two colors crystal, only to see produced in Bolivia, brown yellow and purple mixed together for a two-color crystal. The exhibition is currently appearing on the market at both ends of cloth in the fixed-color crystal stone changed color synthesis of both the Department of crystal. Synthesis of crystal change color in the room at both ends of each stone was brownish-green, brown-red, or light color and light red. Two colors of the border straight, clear, wear is also more common in contact with a few straight stripes.
(D) the difference between the natural crystal and topaz
Colorless or change color sky blue, citrine crystal like citrine necklace, appearance colorless or change color sky blue, orange topaz are very similar. Do not just eye the root is engraved crystal face the inside of the bottom facets far less reflective effect of topaz, although the bright reflective crystal, but not a mirror affect seat, topaz bright white reflective surface like a small mirror.