[Jewelry making - Article 00040] - Re: [Orchid] Setting customer stones

[leonid surpin]

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>     Any highly-skilled stone setter will admit to breaking many stones
>     including diamonds during their career, and not just during the
>     learning years. Every stone presents a risk, even round diamonds
>     with thick girdles. 

    Could not disagree with you more strongly. 

    There is no reason in the world why a gemstone, and especially a
    diamond should not survive a setting process. The largest forces
    acting on gemstone are forces generated while gemstone is cut. If it
    survives cutting, it can be set without been broken or chipped. The
    only issue is time. Some gemstones simply takes longer that the
    others, and accidents occur when setter either does not understand
    the particular problem inherent to the gemstone, or does not care to
    take precautions to avoid damaging the gemstone. 

Leonid Surpin.
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