[Jewelry making - Article 00938] - Re: [Orchid] Grams per carat - opals question

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    Regarding Beth's posting bout doublets having flat backs, I have
    seen very irregular shaped opal doublets where they used something
    brown, like glue putty between the curved back of the opal and the
    stone backing that matched the color of the stone backing material so
    it looked like a natural boulder opal. Sometimes I can tell that the
    opal is an opalized clam shell.	 In my experience no dealers I have
    dealt with try to pass off doublets as solid opals. Once they tell
    me the price, if it seems to good to be true,I look carefully at what
    I thought was a solid, I see the glue seam. 	 If the stone is really
    beautiful and it is reasonable in cost, and I can set it and sell
    it, and the customer can wear it and enjoy it with the same care that
    would be given to pearls, emeralds, aquamarines, ect.( things that
    need more care), I don't care that it is a doublet. Disclosure
    applies, along with giving the customer an idea of what a similar
    opal would cost if it was a solid, up to ten times the cost of a
    doublet.	We have sold a lot of opal over the last several years, and
    our customers seem to take care of their opals as we don't have
    unhappy people coming back. 

Richard in Denver 

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