[Jewelry making - Article 00084] - Re: [Orchid] [4Sale] Chatham Emeralds

[Wayne Emery]

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Lee,

    I've known Tom for many years, his brother and his father. The flux
    process mimics the creation of emeralds formed in a metamorphic
    environment. However, Mother Nature also uses the hydrothermal
    process to create emeralds, and even combinations of the two, though
    rarely. The hydrothermally produced synthetic product, while less
    expensive than the Chatham product, mimics, nearly exactly, the
    natural hydrothermal process in much the same way as the laboratory
    flux process simulates Nature's endeavors. Neither process produces
    a "better" emerald, just slightly different, and, in both cases, a
    true synthetic, call it what you will. 

    According to the FTC, there is no such thing as a "synthetic
    imitation", synthetics and imitations being two entirely different
    products. And, believe me, the production of hydrothermally created
    emerald takes very expensive equipment and lots of time, as well.
    Selling price does not always reflect actual costs of production,
    I'll say no more about that. 

    Beryl is the hexagonal form of beryl aluminum silicate. When colored
    (dark enough) green by either chromium or vanadium, it's called
    emerald. Natural emerald is emerald. Flux grown emerald is emerald.
    Hydrothermally grown emerald is emerald. 

    There is no known method of creating emerald using the Verneuil
    (flame fusion) process. The Verneuil process is used to create they
    synthetic corundum and synthetic spinel used in class rings, as you
    note. 

Wayne, cuts a lot of all of it
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