[Jewelry making - Article 00099] - Re: [Orchid] Purchasing Loose Emeralds

[Judy Hoch]

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    Laura   -  why don't you look at some of the labratory created
    emeralds.  They are extremely fine quality, reasonably priced and
    absolutely beautiful.  They are readily available in all kinds of
    cuts and sizes, and wonderful to work with. 

    You can buy them at nearly any gem show, most any stone supplier,
    from Rio Grande, Stuller, etc. 

    I've lost patience with the emerald market, the stuff costs the
    earth for something pretty, and moderate expense gets you "jardin" -
    the fancy french name for garden - weeds in the green stuff. 

    If you want to make something pretty with an emerald - and these are
    real emeralds, just made in a lab, use the good hydrothermal grown
    ones.  And you can tell your customer that no one died to get the
    nice stone. 

    Judy  Hoch, G.G. judy AT marstal.com www.marstal.com  

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