{"id":106,"date":"2009-06-28T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T23:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/06\/28\/american-gemological-laboratories-agl-modifies-its-disclosure-wording-on-heated-rubies\/"},"modified":"2009-06-28T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T23:11:36","slug":"american-gemological-laboratories-agl-modifies-its-disclosure-wording-on-heated-rubies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2009\/06\/28\/american-gemological-laboratories-agl-modifies-its-disclosure-wording-on-heated-rubies\/","title":{"rendered":"American Gemological Laboratories (AGL) Modifies Its Disclosure Wording On Heated Rubies&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/Skd269fd8NI\/AAAAAAAAB5g\/LxZv87Ek5HI\/s1600-h\/AGL.jpg\"><img style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;width: 312px;height: 80px\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8a27a_AGL.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/><span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>AGL is modifying its disclosure terminology used for heated rubies, by exchanging the term \u201cInorganic (<span>fluxtype<\/span>)\u201d with \u201cHeating residues\u201d. As well as including the statement \u201cHeating residues are deposited along healed fractures during the heating process.\u201d as an additional description under their comments section of all grading reports.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>A contentious topic for more than a decade is the manner or description in which the healing of fissures during the heating process of rubies are handled<span>..<\/span> As part of the heating process for rubies, it is common practice to coat the stones in a variety of fluxing agents. As the temperature increases, these fluxing agents melt, partially dissolve the ruby\u2019s surface and facilitate in the healing of fissures, effectively sealing and reducing the appearance of the fissures and improving the general durability of the stone. AGL has traditionally used the following terminology to describe this enhancement: \u201cClarity: Inorganic (<span>fluxtype<\/span>)\u201d, with additional terminology that addressed the relative quantity of material that remained (e.g. faint, moderate, etc.).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>In actuality, the use of fluxing agents during the heating process results in a combination of features or materials being deposited and remaining along the newly healed fissures. The previously open fissures are replaced by planes consisting of <span>regrown<\/span> ruby (synthetic), solidified vitreous melt (glass) and voids (empty bubbles). The relative amount of these three parts depends on many factors. To better try and communicate the multiple and complex nature of these remaining <span>biproducts<\/span>, many labs around the world starting using the term \u201cheating residues\u201d with terms describing the relative quantity (such as: minor residues in fissures).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"224\" height=\"440\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/1f722_GetAttachment.aspx&amp;hm__qs=file%3D0268ee4a-a6fb-4d7f-8d33-550960691628.jpg%26ct%3DaW1hZ2UvanBlZw_3d_3d%26name%3DaW1hZ2UwMDMuanBn%26inline%3D1%26rfc%3D0%26empty%3DFalse%26imgsrc%3Dcid%253aimage003.jpg%254001C9F447.5D9522C0&amp;oneredir=1&amp;ip=10.1.106.201&amp;d=d440&amp;mf=32&amp;a=01_8a77d5bdbc93c3950163a8e88e181c9986e92f04f46fa866ce7ab75014968fb1\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Prior to heating rubies are coated with fluxing agents.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>As temperatures <span>rise<\/span> during the heating process these fluxing agents melt and enter surface reaching fissures.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>As the ruby cools at the end of the heating process, tiny amounts of ruby (corundum) is <span>regrown<\/span> healing and bonding the fissures. Also remaining confined to the newly healed fissures are solid vitreous melts and tiny voids.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"575\" height=\"29\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5ab34_GetAttachment.aspx&amp;hm__qs=file%3D9b072c02-d7cb-4bfc-acd7-9d0c0cf75758.jpg%26ct%3DaW1hZ2UvanBlZw_3d_3d%26name%3DaW1hZ2UwMDQuanBn%26inline%3D1%26rfc%3D0%26empty%3DFalse%26imgsrc%3Dcid%253aimage004.jpg%254001C9F447.5D9522C0&amp;oneredir=1&amp;ip=10.1.106.201&amp;d=d440&amp;mf=32&amp;a=01_8a77d5bdbc93c3950163a8e88e181c9986e92f04f46fa866ce7ab75014968fb1\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Roughly over the past 10 years, multiple labs have been using the term \u201cheating residues\u201d to describe this combination of <span>regrown<\/span> ruby, glass and empty bubbles along the healed fissures. As a result, the industry and users of these reports have come to understand the intended meaning of this term and the relative quantification that accompanies it. Meanwhile, the <span>AGL\u2019s<\/span> use of the term \u201cClarity enhancement: Inorganic (<span>fluxtype<\/span>)\u201d has not provided any greater clarity of this issue or understanding to wholesalers, retailers and consumers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>As a result, effective immediately AGL is modifying its disclosure terminology used for heated rubies, by exchanging the term \u201cInorganic (<span>fluxtype<\/span>)\u201d with \u201cHeating residues\u201d. <span>As well as including an additional description under the comments section of all Prestige and <span>FastTrack<\/span> reports, stating: \u201cHeating residues are deposited along healed fractures during the heating process.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"516\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/f2874_GetAttachment.aspx&amp;hm__qs=file%3D3d7bc05b-6fa1-4c5e-92d3-c99f396bf50c.jpg%26ct%3DaW1hZ2UvanBlZw_3d_3d%26name%3DaW1hZ2UwMDUuanBn%26inline%3D1%26rfc%3D0%26empty%3DFalse%26imgsrc%3Dcid%253aimage005.jpg%254001C9F447.5D9522C0&amp;oneredir=1&amp;ip=10.1.106.201&amp;d=d440&amp;mf=32&amp;a=01_8a77d5bdbc93c3950163a8e88e181c9986e92f04f46fa866ce7ab75014968fb1\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>AGL is committed to providing high quality reporting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Christopher P. Smith, President American Gemological Laboratories LLC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>            <\/span><\/span><\/span>Christopher P. Smith<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>            <\/span><\/span><\/span>American Gemological Laboratories<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>            <\/span>Tel. (212) 704-0727<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>            <\/span>E-mal: <a href=\"mailto:agl@aglgemlab.com\" title=\"mailto:agl@aglgemlab.com\">agl@aglgemlab.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i>My thanks to Howard Pomerantz for forwarding this info to the Daily Jewel!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/f2874_4698837677539896356-8360232281167134745?l=dailyjewel.blogspot.com\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AGL is modifying its disclosure terminology used for heated rubies, by exchanging the term \u201cInorganic (fluxtype)\u201d with \u201cHeating residues\u201d. As well as including the statement \u201cHeating residues are deposited along healed fractures during the heating process.\u201d as an additional description under their comments section of all grading reports. A contentious topic for more than a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}