[Jewelry making - Article 00930] - [Orchid] Discovery Channel Series - Synthetics

[H.Durstling]

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    Hi everyone, Let me correct a misapprehension before it gets current:
    no, I'm not the producer of the series, only the originator. It's my
    idea, my concept. I researched & wrote the proposal of thirteen
    potential episodes. 

    My feeling was now that we've seen every killer whale five times on
    TV and every crocodile on the face of the earth has been wrestled
    into submission the broadcasters might be interested in exploring a
    different sort of nature drama, the drama that surrounds inanimate,
    underground, treasure. Being a somewhat passionate digger myself I
    have an all too first hand familiarity with that basic, child-like
    treasure-hunter instinct that lies behind gem digging. 

    Plus, as is reflected by some of the Orchid posts re diamonds and
    tanzanite, anything which concentrates such extreme value into as
    small a compass as a gemstone does is inevitably going to be
    accompanied by smuggling, greed, intrigue, theft, often violence,
    even murder. (In the 1970's -80's there were something like 800
    murders connected with emerald mining in Colombia). All of which I
    felt would make for compelling television programming. In time (five
    years after my first writing of the proposal), the (Canadian)
    Discovery Channel was persuaded to think likewise. 

    So that's the background. Now a specific question to the wonderfully
    helpful Orchid community. One of the episodes, tentatively entitled
    "Science and Mens' Lies" will deal with synthetic stones and the
    science of gemology. 

    In that respect, I've been trying to contact the "Djeva" company,
    large scale synthetic manufacturers in Switzerland. I have a feeling
    that this company may no longer be in business. Does anyone in the
    Orchid community know postively whether this is or is not the case? 

    Also, I'd be grateful for any information about strange and exotic
    applications for synthetic gem materials and the names and addresses
    of the companies which manufacture them. Things like supermarket
    scanner plates made of synthetic sapphire, watch bearings, sapphire
    feeler-gauge tips for CNC machining, anything at all of that sort and
    the more unusual the better. 

    Many thanks, and please email me privately <sinico AT nbnet.nb.ca> if
    you prefer. 

Cheers
Hans Durstling
Moncton, New Brunswick
Canada

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