[Jewelry making - Article 00188] - Re: [Orchid] Using the term semi precious gems

[leonid surpin]

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>     And yet emerald, long classified as a "precious" gemstone does
>     just this. 

    Excellent point, but confirms the necessity for the correct
    understanding of gems. 

    Most commercial emeralds, which do that, are only called emeralds
    because FTC is asleep. What is passes under the name emerald, should
    be called green beryl. If we eliminate all the "wanna be emeralds"
    from the market, the true preciousness of this gem would become very
    obvious, but what we have now is the situation when consumers think
    that pale-green, epoxy stabilized junk is the real emerald, and why
    not since we do not make any distinction. 

Leonid Surpin
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