[Jewelry making - Article 00474] - Re: [Orchid] Changing the term "semi-precious" stones

[John Donivan]

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>     This is a good observation that grading is an art, but an art of
>     what? 

    Let's not be obtuse. "The scientific method" is much abused by
    non-scientists, and the discussion has been had many times over.
    Using the scientific method you can't prove that the sun came up this
    morning - it's not repeatable. Gemology is only part science, which
    is the nature of the beast. The scientific method applies to
    stringent and rigid hard, experimental science, and it doesn't bear
    crossing over to, really, any other disciplines without falling
    apart. Geology, and by extension gemology, is more a science of
    discovery and cataloging of nature than an experimental science,
    where the method applies best. "I found this rock - you can't find it
    again because it's a unique rock." Therefore it fails the test, if
    the test were applied - it also is not repeatable. The scientific
    method is not a flag to be waved in people's faces, it's a way of
    doing and reporting experimental science, and that's all it is. 

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