help- scratches!

[pixie1216]

i just noticed there are a few scratches on the top of my emerald cut stone (diamond). they appear to be very superficial and i really need to look hard and turn the stone into the right lighting to see them. should i be concerned? are scratches able to be polished out? it''s not a very large stone, and no one would ever see them, but do they pose a problem to the stone, as in fracturing?

 

[Skippy123]

I would take it to be cleaned so you can check if they really are scratches. Sometimes when my stone is dirty it looks like a few scratches and then I clean it and they are gone.

 

[coatimundi_org]

Date: 6/27/2008 11:52:30 PM
Author: Skippy123
I would take it to be cleaned so you can check if they really are scratches. Sometimes when my stone is dirty it looks like a few scratches and then I clean it and they are gone.

I'd do what Skippy recommended. If the scratches are still there, they can be polished away. Scratches do not cause breaks in stones-so no worries there.

 

[Kaleigh]

I agree with Skippy, take it for a good cleaning. Then see...

 

[pixie1216]

thanks y''all!

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 6/28/2008 12:05:50 AM
Author: pixie1216
thanks y''all!

Your welcome, keep us posted.

 

[Stephan]

It also could be a graining issue...

 

[purrfectpear]

Date: 6/29/2008 4:41:48 PM
Author: QueenMum
It also could be a graining issue...

That was my first thought. If so, it won''t affect anything structural. It probably isn''t worth trying to polish out either.