SC - Gemstones

[Christine A Seelye-King]

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/
>
=========================================================================
===
> 
> To be removed from the SCA-Cooks mailing list, please send a message 
> to
> Majordomo at Ansteorra.ORG with the message body of "unsubscribe 
> SCA-Cooks".
> 
>
=========================================================================
===

________________________________________________________________
YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET!
Juno now offers FREE Internet Access!
Try it today - there's no risk!  For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.