[Jewelry making - Article 00515] - Re: [Orchid] Who pays for the broken opals?

[richard hart]

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    Ouch! 

    If the jeweler you showed them to was being given work by you, to
    polish the pieces, he should be responsible. If you were just
    showing it to him as a curiosity, I think you exposed yourself to
    some liability. When taking in gems for setting, if I set a customers
    stone, I tell them I am not responsible for breakage, there can be
    stress or inclusions that can cause chipping or breakage. If I
    supply the stone, I am responsible. Dropping it and breaking it
    becomes an issue of disclosure as to how the damage occurred and your
    ethics and integrity. When I am setting an opal, I put a towel in my
    bench pan with no steel tools for the opal to come in contact with if
    I drop it. 

Richard Hart
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