[Jewelry making - Article 00053] - [Orchid] Newbie at buying good stones

[Noel Yovovich]

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    Friends--   I hope some of you will be kind enough to advise me. I
    am beginning to work in gold with my silver, and to do work which
    emphasizes stones much more than before. As a result, I need a
    better class of stones. I'm in the Chicago area, and go to the
    International Gem and Jewelry show here (one coming up this month).
    I am comfortable enough buying the low-end stones I have been using,
    but feel very uncomfortable judging the value, worth, quality of
    diamonds, sapphires, etc.      

    I've read all the info on Orchid about GIA programs, etc, but I
    don't really feel I can take the time to become a full-fledged
    expert. How can I begin buying stones with confidence? I browsed the
    Creative Gems site last night, and was going to order a couple of
    things to try them out, but the minimum shipping charge was a third
    of the amount of my tentative initial order. Maybe that's still a
    bargain--I have no idea!       

    I guess I am hoping for, at least, a dealer or two that can really
    be trusted to give me my money's worth, even if my ignorance may
    make me easy to cheat. What do you other non-experts do when you
    want to start buying diamonds and the like?     

    As you can tell, I'm quite nervous about this step. Please forgive
    me for the length of this--and thanks for any and all help!         

--Noel   


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