[Jewelry making - Article 00119] - Re: [Orchid] Diamond Nexus Labs?

[Wayne Emery]

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>     Helenite is a lab created gem stone made from ashes of the Mt.
>     Helens eruption

Oh, please.

    This is one of the oldest myths around. A ceratin rough dealer in
    the Seattle area leaped at the chance to capitalize on the eruption
    of Mt St Helen's by producing a rolled glass product in various
    shades of green, with the claim that it contained some ash from Mt
    St Helen's. This was suspicious, because all efforts of those in the
    pottery/ceramic indisutry who had tried to make a glze from this ash
    found that whether it was heated in a reducing atmosphere or an
    oxidizing atmosphere, it just became brown or black and certainly
    not transparent. 

    Testing by GIA of the "Mt St Helen's Emerald" determined that it was
    indeed a glass, but could find NO constituents that matched the
    chemical profile of the ash. 

    There was no ash, there is no ash in that green glass. Now, I cut
    lots of it, sold it for green glass and still have some laying
    around from my days in Tacoma (I witnessed the eruption and had two
    friends lose their lives that day). 

    The Mt St Helen's "Emerald" is still marketed in the Seattle area
    for the tourists, and the claim is still made that is contains ash
    from the mountain. It is a falsehood. 

    But, it IS pretty! 

Wayne Emery
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