[Jewelry making - Article 01691] - Re: [Orchid] To quench or not to quench, that is the question

[Helen Hill]

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    Don't worry about the scientific stuff, I am a chemist (B.Sc) and we
    did all that exciting electrons stuff (that's the electrons being
    excited, not me!!!) in physical chemistry (it's in the dim and
    distant recesses of my brain somewhere!). The thing that confuses me
    is the complete contradiction of advice I've received from different
    people - I don't know about cherry red, to some people it's black and
    to others it's clearly white!!! Anneal for a brief moment, anneal for
    enough time for the crystals to grow (ie, a much longer time).
    Glowing, no definitely not glowing, etc, etc. 

    But hey, anything like this is going to bring out different opinions
    of different people although you'd think with something as scientific
    as this, there would be one right answer. 

    Helen (Preston, UK where the sun is actually shining today, for the
    first time in weeks, maybe we'll get a summer after all).
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