Clarity Enhancements for Your Diamond
Sometimes people see a few flaws in their diamonds that they would like to fix or to put it bluntly, they just aren’t happy with how their diamond turned out. Many people enhance their diamonds to give it that special look that they were hoping for. Here are two ways to enhance the diamond’s clarity:
Laser Drilling
-Laser drilling involves using an infrared laser to create fine holes in a diamond to make it accessible to an inclusion. Before doing this, a coat of carbon or some other form of energy-absorbent substance is applied. The laser burns a tube into the inclusion. Once the crystal has been reached by the drill, the diamond is placed in sulfuric acid to dissolve the crystal.
Filled Diamonds
-This involves fixing the cracks that break the surface of the diamond. The cracks are filled in a vacuum that has a very high temperature (usually over 400 degrees Celsius) with a glass of refractive index close to a diamond. A color flash that is kind of similar to a detergent bubble can be seen because the two materials are quite different. This process can be faulty because after this the diamond cannot go through anymore repair procedures because filling a diamond cannot permanently fix the diamond.