[Jewelry making - Article 00815] - Re: [Orchid] PMC in General

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    Whoops, I should've qualified my statement about engraving PMC. 

    Of course you can make some kind of marks on it with a sharp graver
    - I  just wasn't satisfied with the results I got. 

    Since the piece I cut was made elsewhere, I have no idea which brand
    or  number it was made of. All I can tell you is that the lines that
    I cut into it  (I work under a microscope) were "muddy" - not crisp.
    There was also a tendency  to tear coming out of a cut - or crumble
    and mash in a sharp turn. 

    To me these are not desirable engraving characteristics. Perhaps
    others are  satisfied. I was not. 

B.

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