[Jewelry making - Article 00236] - Re: [Orchid] Synthetic & Simulant Gem Nomenclature

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>     "Synthetic Corundum (which is aluminum oxide) is not natural
>     because it is dug from the earth and treated." 

    Are you not confusing "natural treated" with synthetic? Synthetic
    material is not dug from the earth but is created in the laboratory.

Jerry in Kodiak

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