[Jewelry making - Article 00348] - Re: [Orchid] [Source] Created Gems

[H.Durstling]

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Hi David,

    The J.O. Crystal Company in Long Beach California makes the Ramaura
    Ruby. This is the first (so far as I know) lab-grown gem to have been
    "inducted" as it were into the Smithsonian Hall of Gems; its quality
    is such that, were it not for the addition of a special dopant which
    shifts its fluorescence, it could be indistinguishable from a natural
    stone. 

    I know the company also markets Alexandrites; I saw some when I
    visited in January. I believe these come from Russia, as do probably
    a majority of today's lab-grown gems. You might try also the Morion
    Company of Brighton, Mass, a large dealer in Russian material. 

    Cheers, Hans Durstling Moncton, Canada  

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