[Jewelry making - Article 00241] - Re: [Orchid] Using the term semi precious gems

[Daniel R. Spirer]

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Leonid,

    I referenced this statement of yours: 

>     Beauty is of no use if gem is easily scratched or can shutter while
>     one wearing it. 

    All emeralds, high or low quality, can be easily broken, regardless
    of the type of treatments used on them. I have seen some exceedingly
    fine stones costing tens of and hundreds of thousands of dollars and
    they are still blessed with "jardin". Inevitably, "jardin" makes
    these stones more fragile. So if your standard for calling a stone
    "precious" is that it needs to be durable, emerald will simply not
    fall into the category. But then that's why the terms "precious" and
    "semi precious" are so dated and in need of being dropped from
    usage. Incidentally, after more than 30 years in the trade the only
    untreated emerald I have ever seen was one from a Russian mine that
    produced relatively little material. Why was it untreated? Because
    they couldn't get this particular emerald to take it, not because
    they didn't try to treat it. Sold that stone to a customer too. 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
www.spirerjewelers.com
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