[Jewelry making - Article 00406] - Re: [Orchid] Bezel setting faceted stones

[richard hart]

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>         Personally I'll buy stones that look good to my eyes and/or my
>     customers eyes whether they are "acceptable" by modern gemology
>     standards or not. I'm not selling them as "faultless" stones but
>     the customers aren't paying the "faultless" prices either. As
>     ever, your mileage may vary. 

Trevor,

    My opinion is that if you sell windowed stones after educating your
    customer as to the difference, there is not a problem. However, if
    you do not teach the difference, you are selling inferior quality for
    no good reason. Price difference might make a difference to a
    customer, however my experience is that all my customers who buy
    stones from me, choose the well cut stones given the choice.  If you
    do not know what you are doing, windowed stones can cost the same as
    well cut. If you make a bad buy, you gotta do something with them,
    and pawning them off on the unsuspecting might be a choice. And I
    warn my customers about people who sell windowed stones. Windowed
    stones are only attractive until I teach my customers what well cut
    stones look like compared to windowed stones. They don't seem to be
    desirable after that. 

    Mileage may vary, but pride of ownership apparently does not in my
    experience. 

Richard Hart,
Graduate Gemmologist in
Residence, 1977

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