[Jewelry making - Article 00010] - Re: [Orchid] Gemstone treatments

[Lee Einer]

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  Mr. Green-

    you state in your previous post, 

>     Then you bring into question my and ALL gem merchants honesty with
>     your final words "Now to the honesty question. (snip) Why do you
>     not disclose heat treating? " How do you know what I and ALL
>     others do or don't do? Stop generalizing! 

    For what it's worth, although it would obviously be false or at
    least unprovable to state that no gem merchant discloses heat
    treating, it is conspicuously obvious to anyone who has so much as
    visited mall jewelry stores that many gem merchants do not disclose
    gem treatments. Gerry's actual statement was 

>      Now to the honesty question. How many sellers on this forum sell
>     colored stones and disclose heat treating?  How many sellers on
>     this forum sell their stones as natural?  Why do you not disclose
>     heat treating? 

    Gerry's statement was pretty clearly directed at gemstone merchants
    on this list, not solely and personally towards you. And his
    questions are valid. Many gemstone dealers selling to the general
    public do not disclose known treatments. For gemstone dealers who
    disclose known treatments, but sell stones without known treatments
    as "natural" rather than "no known treatment," the question remains; 

    If a gemstone dealer sells stones as natural, in light of the
    ubiquity of gemstone treatments, how does the dealer know that the
    stones are natural, in the absence of certification  from a graduate
    gemologist? Is the dealer relying on the verbal assurance of the
    party from whom he purchases? Is an affadavit secured from the
    seller? If the dealer represents his stones as natural based solely
    on a verbal assurance from the seller, does that indicate a degree
    of naivete inconsistent with a professional in the trade, or is it
    more likely that the dealer knows the claim is questionable but is
    willing to capitalize on the probable misrepresentation made to him? 


Lee Einer
Dos Manos Jewelry
http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com



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