[Jewelry making - Article 01223] - Re: [Orchid] Design and synthetic stones

[The Doctor]

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>         It's mostly a semantic difference (I mean, we're talking about
>     elephant teeth when you get right down to it) 

    Teeth have three main components; cementum, dentin and enamel.
    Ivory's composition is calcium phosphate with collagen and elastin.
    There really is a big difference that isn't at all semantic. 

>         So, anyway, getting back to the core idea of the thread, the
>     gist of the post I made was that if Lalique (whose work I guess
>     most jewelers still admire) used combinations of "cheap" materials
>     like cast glass and horn in combination with gold and "fine" stones
>     such as diamonds, then the rest of us should not be afraid to do so
>     either. 

    I couldn't agree more. 

James in SoFl

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