[Jewelry making - Article 00004] - Re: [Orchid] Heat treatment RANT **CAUTION**

[MillsGem]

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Dear Carl,

    Yours was an excellent post attempting to separate fact from
    fiction, emotion from reality and personal agendas from honest
    inquiry. Unfortunately there is always the the threat of
    self-service in some of our dialogues and many of those letters
    which attempt to stir the pot are, in reality, ill disguised
    attempts to stay in the limelight and draw attention to personal
    interests....or should I say; publicity ploys. 

    I am surprised to note that no one has pointed out that aquamarine
    has been heat treated for centuries. It certainly has not been
    implicated as an example of fraud and I, for one, doubt that anybody
    is going to get huffy about whether it has been treated. The fact is
    that any one who has ever cut aquamarine has almost certainly been
    "guilty" of commerce in "counterfeit" stones, if you would side with
    our ancient guru, Pliny. 

    You can be certain of one thing.......treatment is here to stay and
    no government, trade group or self appointed guru is going to make a
    damned bit of difference. The human attribute of always seeking ways
    to "improve" on nature AND to make more money will always be with
    us. Ultimately I sincerely believe that the only treatments that
    will be castigated will be those which are impermanent or which
    affect the durability of the stone. Otherwise...who cares; as long
    as people are romanced by stones let the sleeping dog lie..... Ron
    at Mills Gem, Los Osos, CA.  

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