| Ziede,
Placed several freshadama pearls over the contracted iris of my new GIA microscope with concentrated darkfield. Candling taken to the limit.
Transparency: The freshadamas and the Southsea whites and goldens I compared them to all showed a shadow toward the center, kinda surprised me. Only difference in this visual appearance between the CFW, SS and akoya was the fact that you can't see any banding (bead texture). CFW showed some lint like inclusions that seemed to concentrate toward the center shadow. The blacks were opaque, could not see any tranlucency at all.
Color: The slight pink of the CFW and of the SS was enhanced, ie it appeared pinker but no chromatic affect was present.These are exceptionally fine CFW!!!!!
Question: Isn't orient visible to the eye without the aid of candling? If it defines quality it would have to have a visible affect. |