[Rockhounds] Man-made gems

[Donald Tuttle]

Lets face it, man has been making glass imitation gems for a few hundred
years now, so these high-end tourmaline-like tumblers don't bother me too
much. Something that bothers me a whole lot more are the heavily promoted
"Natural smoky quartz doubly-terminated Herkimers" from China that turn out
to be irradiated quartz with polished ends...At least, they are genuine
quartz crystals and not made out of glass, I think!

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:

> Lab synthetic imitations are very popular with faceters who don't have a
> small fortune to spend on natural emerald, rubies, etc. I have no problem
> with them as long as they are represented as man-made. Most of them are
> very
> close in color but of course not in the "natural" crystal habit(s).
>
> Tim Fisher
> Orerockon.com
> Email nospam at orerockon.com
>
>
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> Behalf Of Kreigh Tomaszewski
> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 11:29 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Man-made gems
>
> I really liked the 'tourmaline' tumblers, but at $240 each I'de be afraid
> to
> use them. If I'm going to spend that much of fake gems I'll go to
> http://shelbygemfactory.com/
>
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 2:09 PM, <larryrush at att.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Interesting site for glassblowers and/or mineral collectors...
> >
> >
> > I'm not quite sure whether this is a boon or a bane for collectors.   It
> > can help to promote interest in crystallography.
> > At the same time it's disconcerting.
> >
> > Doesn't this fall into the category of "mineral fakes"? It is sure to
> > NOT be labelled as such, ultimately.
> >
> > Comments?
> >
> >  http://www.artisanmadegemstones.com/about.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> >
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