BE treated Pad- darn....

[SB621]

A friend of mine who is stationed in the Middle East knows my obession with gemstones. Anyhow he emailed me and said he found this really unique orange/ pink sapphire....well my ears perked up and I told him to buy it and send it my way. After sending it in- I found out it is a BE treated Padparadscha Sapphire. It looks beautiful and i doubt anyone will ever know it is BE treated and I''m sure even fewer of my friends will know what BE stands for. It is just over 2.6 cts and has a fairly good cut- there are a few inclusions (is that the right word to use with sapphires) in it. i believe it is a cushion. I will attach a picture below.

Does anyone else have BE treated stones? Did you bother setting them? I typically set the majority of my stones and I do love this color so i think I will set it.

 

[SB621]

Oops- attached is the picture.

 

[icekid]

I believe LtP has a BE sapphire (gorgeous stone!) that is set, but there is a long story behind that particular stone!

 

[SB621]

Gotcha.... I basically paid next to nothing for this stone so I''m not really upset it is BE treated- It was under $200. Perhaps if I had paid more I would have had a meltdown especially now that I love the color so much.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Sarah, I had a super long thread on a Pad that turned out to be BE treated after sending it off to the AGTA. I''ll get the link for you in a minute, but I did end up setting it and frankly, it''s one of my favourite rings. No one else but PSers and you will know, and it''s a beautiful colour!

How did you figure out yours was a Pad?

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Here''s my thread on figuring out my lucky find was a BE Pad. https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/my-new-padparadcha-paging-linda.111101/

 

[SB621]

I sent it stateside to have it tested. It came back being BE treated. Seriously though- I semi expected something like that- I mean the stone was coming from a little shop somewhere in the Middle East. but for the price I paid I''ll neutral on it.

 

[oddoneout]

Lovely colour. I know I''ll sound stupid but what is BE treated?

 

[chrono]

BE is short for Beryllium and refers to the beryllium infusion of a gemstone, which is essentially the dyeing of a gemstone to give it the appearance of a high value gemstone.
http://www.palagems.com/gods_graves_sapphires.htm

 

[ma re]

Well, at least you didn''t overpay for it, as I''ve seen BE sapphires go for as much as 200$ per carat. So if you like it and would enjoy wearing it, there''s no reason why you shouldn''t set it.