Gem-A Live: Titanium Diffusion in Sapphire

Titanium diffused sapphires have been on the market since the 1970's and are easily identifiable...when you know how! In this session of Gem-A Live, guest lecturer Julia Griffith FGA DGA, tells you everything you need to know about titanium diffusion in sapphire.
- A brief history of corundum treatments
- What is diffusion?
- Treatment method
- Titanium diffusion
- Identification
- Testing
This webinar was created as part of a weekly series of webinars known as Gem-A Live.
This session was brought to you in association with jewelleryadvisor.com.

[@tejaswinisoni7434]

You are awesome. Thank you Maam

[@VMHenning]

Very appreciated! I have thoroughly enjoyed and learned a lot from all the seminars posted here on youtube. Many thanks to Julia and Gem-A!

[@stuartpool]

Another excellent webinar from Julia. Thank you Gem-A for providing all of these useful videos.

[@radunorth1744]

The best teacher ever !

[@davintciluxe797]

A double dose of you, is what everyone needs. Cheers!

[@stefanusweyers3767]

Thanks Julia, another great one! F

[@sagarbrahmbhatt6752]

I gained a lot of knowledge from your video..
Thankyou

[@deebagemsminerals3357]

I enjoy this great webinar you are a great 👍 teacher 👩‍🏫

[@LaSierraAcresQuailFarm]

tons of great information... definately learned a lot.. thank you !

[@idonthaveaname42]

Awesome video. I have a bunch of stones available if anybody is looking.

[@mersedehkoushki2645]

hi.may i know which ferric oxide is used in this method?

[@rudyhabib2]

can you please explain the process of using methylene iodide. we close the diagram of the microscope to a small opening, then place the small container filled with methylene idodide on top
then look through the scope, correct? can you make a video of that?
thanks

[@stephbgg6451]

Hi, i' m wondering ... if there is a crack , or tension halo due to heat treatment at about 0.5 mm beneath the surface(not surface reatching ) of a sapphir (bleu), can it take the color within the halo like a crack reatching the surface ? thank's .

[@soyunosoytodos4600]

how many hours in the crucible with the fire ???? all together white safira and rust ?? Thanks from Chile, I am a jeweler Gracias julia

[@mersedehkoushki2645]

it has 3 color.red and black and yellow.which on of them?

[@ivangamer8022]

It's a fucking horror. It destroys the gemes

[@gemma9687]

Thank you ! one suggestion at 44:00 to identify a colorless flame fusion we could look for sandmeire plato lines :)