[Jewelry making - Article 00049] - Re: [Orchid] Heat treatment RANT **CAUTION**

[Daniel R. Spirer]

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    Someone on list apparently forwarded my comments on Gerry's posting
    of an article by Richard Hughes to Mr. Hughes.  He very kindly
    emailed me a detailed description of ruby treatments, most of which I
    had been familiar with already.  I then emailed him back to tell him
    that most of the discussion had centered around the heating of
    sapphire material. He emailed me back with the following email which
    he, as you can see, offered to allow me to forward.  I am doing so
    accordingly. His second to the last paragraph is the most important. 

    Daniel, 

    Thank you for your note. No, it was not Gerry who forwarded your
    message to me, but someone else. 

    I did read your other comments on disclosure and understand you are
    definitely on the side of full disclosure. Trust me, I was in no way
    offended by your comments, and wrote to you only to let you know of
    my feelings on the flux-healing matter. 

    Indeed, it had been years since I looked at my original article, and
    upon re-reading it decided to edit it a bit to bring it up to date,
    which I did last night. The new version is basically the same as the
    old, but I've removed the references to glass infilling, because this
    treatment is really about healing fractures, rather than filling
    them. 

    When the FTC guidelines were being revised recently, we immediately
    saw problems. The idea of change in value is nice in principle, but
    impossible to determine at the jeweler level, and so is impractical.
    Bottom line: declare all treatments. If treatment cannot be
    determined, but the stone is typically treated, it's guilty until
    proven innocent. This is the law for the AGTA and is certainly the
    law here at Pala. 

    Feel free to forward these comments on to Gerry and others on your
    list. I'm sorry we won't be meeting in Tucson, but I wish you all
    success with your business. 

    Warmest regards, Dick Hughes Webmaster Palagems.com 

Daniel R. Spirer, GG
Spirer Somes Jewelers
1794 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-491-6000
spirersomes AT earthlink.net
www.spirersomes.com 

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