[Jewelry making - Article 00818] - Re: [Orchid] Russian Technology artificial diamonds in Florida

[Bruce Holmgrain]

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>     This article is filled with the usual hullabaloo over nothing.
>     First of all there is equipment available to determine
>     synthetic/natural origin. 

    In a saturated market, how will the addition of synthetics affect
    it? I suspect that a lot of half carat natural stones will take a
    back seat to a full carat synthetic of equal quality. What do you
    think? 

>     Secondly, this guy in Florida has been trying hard to market his
>     product for quite awhile and I have yet to see one or talk to a
>     single person who owns one, or even wants to own one. 

    I have a friend that has sold quite a few. I have set quite a few.
    He has sold major goods for over thirty years in the Washington, DC
    area and I far from see him giving up the synthetics anytime soon. 

>     After the guy is done filling his two warehouses full of synthetic
>     diamonds the only thing that will happen is that his own product
>     will be worth a whole lot less than it is now. Actually there is a
>     massive amount of misinformation in this article. As always, you
>     should take everything you read with a grain of salt. 

Bruce D. Holmgrain
JA Certified Master Benchjeweler
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