[Jewelry making - Article 00542] - Re: [Orchid] CZ-synthetic

[Beth Rosengard]

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>     ...a man made material having no natural counterpart, simulating
>     nothing, but beautiful enough to be called a gem requires a new
>     descriptive term. To call dichroic glass a gem for example would be
>     a gross distortion , yet it is certainly man made, beautiful and
>     simulates nothing.  Any thoughts? 

    Hi Jerry, I'm not sure how dichroic glass fits into this discussion
    about gem nomenclature.  If you're questioning why a particularly
    beautiful type of man-made glass couldn't be called a gem material,
    try convention, and the fact that it's, well ... glass (which does
    have a natural counterpart in obsidian anyway).  I would think that
    the material you describe -- man-made, having no natural counterpart,
    beautiful enough to be called a gem (and, I would add, of crystalline
    structure) -- is so rare that I doubt special terminology is
    necessary.  If you really pushed me though :-), I'd have to come up
    with something less than satisfactory, like "jewelstone." 

Beth


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