SC - demo idea

[Serian]

OK, we have a volunteer with the gems, who's got the chicken?


>From: Christine A Seelye-King <mermayde at juno.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: SC - Gemstones
>Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 01:06:41 -0400
>
>The stones that are sewn to my dress for this weekend are called
>"fiber-eye".  They are made from fiber optic glass, and have a
>saffire/tiger eye quality to them.  They are classified as semi-precious.
>
>Christianna
>
>On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:31:14 -0700 david friedman <ddfr at best.com> writes:
> > At 1:55 PM +0000 10/5/00, Erika Thomenius wrote:
> >
> > >Also, you can get lab-grown stones a lot of places.  (ex.
> > >www.thaigem.com).. Would that be cheating?  :)
> >
> > I don't know--it depends whether synthetics have the same virtues as
> >
> > natural. Clearly you have to do some research. I suggest going
> > through one of the medieval lapidaries to find out what virtues each
> >
> > stone has, then constructing suitable tests. I don't think you can
> > get synthetic amethyst, so the "does it protect me from getting
> > drunk" test, however entertaining, may not be an option. And some of
> >
> > the others might be a bit hazardous. Be selective.
> >
> > A further consideration is that something labelled "synthetic X" may
> >
> > actually be "synthetic Y in a color that looks like X." Many
> > synthetic gemstones are either corundum or spinel, colored to match
> > whatever they are supposed to be.
> > --
> > David/Cariadoc
> > http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
> >
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