[Jewelry making - Article 00201] - Re: [Orchid] Diamond / Moissanite Dual testers

[Peter W . Rowe]

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    Can't help you with the testers much, but just out of curiosity, why
    bother with anything other than a good loupe?  Both stones are easy
    to identify under ten power...  Moissanite especially, since it's
    double refractive.  You get doubled facet images when you look at
    back facets THROUGH the stone...  Once you see what to look for, it's
    pretty obvious.  I know that stores may not want to train sales
    people in this, thinking it may be complex, but frankly, it really
    isn't that hard to do... 

Just my two cents.
Peter

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