[Jewelry making - Article 00257] - Re: [Orchid] CZ-Synthetic

[Daniel R. Spirer]

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Steve,

    Most, if not all, of the gemological textbooks do define a synthetic
    gem as something exactly duplicating its natural counterpart. 
    Simulants are defined as something that is made to be similar in look
    to something natural, but not made of the same material. 
    Unfortunately it doesn't really matter how you personally define
    synthesis--from the gemological standpoint it is quite clearly
    defined--and thank goodness it is because if we all decided to ignore
    scientific definitions no one would know what anyone else was talking
    about. 

Daniel R. Spirer, GG
Spirer Somes Jewelers
1794 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-491-6000
spirersomes AT earthlink.net
www.spirersomes.com



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