[Jewelry making - Article 00926] - Re: [Orchid] Gemstone, Enhancment and Lab-grown Gems

[John Donivan]

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    You might have stopped after the first sentence - oh, yeah you'll
    draw some flack. Anyway, it's not all that complicated. Man made
    stones are certainly "Real". What the are is man made - they
    (individually) do not occur in nature. Gem enhancements could be
    called "Unnatural", but that's more of an opinion - the material is
    naturally occuring. There is, for instance, not really any such thing
    in nature as Black Onyx - it is made out of white onyx in the
    sugar/sulfuric acid process you mention. The essence of it all is
    rarity and beauty. Man made gems are almost invariably boring, and
    even Chathams are plentiful. I would ask you to realize two things
    about the AGS - they are commited to keeping the industry honest,
    which is good for us all, and that you read too much. They have an
    encyclopedia of information, and much of what you read is actually
    not that prevalent in the real world. I recently sold a natural,
    certified unheated sapphire that could never be duplicated in a lab
    - just exquisite!!

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