[Jewelry making - Article 00569] - Re: [Orchid] CZ-synthetic

[Lee Einer]

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Hi, Beth-

    If we exclude from Steve Green's musings the category of materials
    which are (1) lab-created but which (2) have no natural counterpart
    and which (3) do not emulate a naturally occuring stone, then I 
    have to ask- why are we using up all of this bandwidth? If a
    lab-created stone has a naturally occuring counterpart, it is a
    synthetic; if it emulates, but is not identical to,  a naturally
    occuring stone, it is a simulant. Every category of material save
    this one, of which you state that no special terminology is
    necessary, already has a category already designated. 


Lee Einer



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