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Old September 29th 09, 06:43 PM posted to rec.crafts.jewelry
Ganesh
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Default Traditional methods of diamond identification:-

On Sep 28, 3:50 pm, Peter W. Rowe
wrote:

So, one should rather go with comments from people like "Peter W.
Rowe" and others on this.


Thanks. But better, educate yourself. Take courses in gemology, or do your
reading NOT in the old traditional books, which are out of date and often
incorrect. Rather, do your reading in current, up to date, respected books on
gemology and gem testing.


I am researching old methods to study how people actually arrived at
the current ones in stages. Who knows what could be hidden out there,
I could land up with some methods which could rather bring down the
overall production cost. Again, what Peter is trying to point out is
right, some times it can be real dangerous trying things. So, readers
please use your own minds, be real careful.... Diamonds are very very
precious.
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Old September 30th 09, 03:22 AM posted to rec.crafts.jewelry
1 Lucky Texan
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Default Traditional methods of diamond identification:-

On Sep 29, 12:43=A0pm, Ganesh wrote:
On Sep 28, 3:50 pm, Peter W. Rowe
wrote:



So, one should rather go with comments from people like "Peter W.
Rowe" and others on this.

Thanks. But better, educate yourself. Take courses in gemology, or do your
reading NOT in the old traditional books, which are out of date and often
incorrect. Rather, do your reading in current, up to date, respected books on
gemology and gem testing.


I am researching old methods to study how people actually arrived at
the current ones in stages. Who knows what could be hidden out there,
I could land up with some methods which could rather bring down the
overall production cost. Again, what Peter is trying to point out is
right, some times it can be real dangerous trying things. So, readers
please use your own minds, be real careful.... Diamonds are very very
precious.


If you are interested in gemology (gemmology) there are some simple
instruments you might make yourself and some others are inexpensive.
Also, there is a somewhat non-traditional approach called either
'Hodgkinson method' (after Alan Hodgkinson and with help from William
Hanneman IIRC), or 'Visual Optics'. While not exhaustive, the approach
is inexpensive for the most part. also, there are on-line resources
and organizations like www.gemsociety.org and www.yourgemologist.com
that could be helpful. Also, perhaps some investigation in scholarships
for GIA or FGA study would be fruitful.

Carl
 




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