[Jewelry making - Article 00210] - Re: [Orchid] Customers' acceptance of man made gems

[joel4]

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Craig  

    Over the years I have sold  many man made (lab grown) gems, almost
    always the best available quality, sometimes described by the lab as
    "gem" quality. Most often there has to be a process of educating the
    customer as to what a lab grown gem is and how it compares to it's
    natural, but often treated, equivalent. I have found that these
    stones are well received by my customers and that they will often
    decide to use a lab grown stone in other projects. Of course there
    are other types of man made stones that are not chemically and
    optically identical to their natural equivalent. I do not use these
    other types of man made stones. 

Joel Schwalb
joel4 AT optonline.net
www.schwalbstudio.com 

 
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