[Jewelry making - Article 00105] - Re: [Orchid] Gem sources in Sri Lanka

[Randy Smith (PSS TEXAS)]

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    Hi Sharon, Check with Ahmed Shareek in Sri Lanka.  He is on Orchid ,
    and visited me last year about this time on his trip to Tucson.  Not
    only is he a gentleman and pleasant to be with, he is very well
    versed in Gems and Stones, and he and his employees  do excellent
    faceting.  Let me repeat, Excellent. 

    I had about 2 kilos of different kinds of rough ranging from
    Tourmaline, garnet, topaz, amethyst, ..too numerous to list, and he
    offered to take it back to Sri Lanka and cut it for me.  All at less
    than a dollar per carat.  We both agreed that some of the present
    cutting leaves a lot to be desired, cutting  for size rather than
    brightness .  We call a stone like that having a "Window", put it on
    top of a newspaper and you can read through it. 

    When I got my stones back I was more than happy, I was extremely
    pleased with all the cutting.  Not a window in the bunch. 

    In fact I'm putting together a package to send to him as we speak. 

	Ahmed can be reached at :

	Ahmed shareek [creslent AT sltnet.lk]

	http://www.crescentgems.net

	Crescent Gems [shareek AT slt.lk]

Love and God Bless
-randy
Home 214-321-6253
Cell 214-280-7775
Work 469-775-6650
http://www.rocksmyth.com

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