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 Wow. Is there any way to buy stones wholesale without that massive markup?
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JohnnyRnR posted:It's kind of a fun academic question - but how much markup would you be happy paying? Well as little as possible without having to go to Antwerp. Is there some channel that only jewelry stores can access?
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Jul 26, 2010 19:25
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JohnnyRnR posted:I can give examples if you're curious. I'd be interested in knowing it turned out.
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Jul 26, 2010 20:30
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Claes Oldenburger posted:I'm not sure where they are getting their lab created sapphires, but the ones I can source are certainly not that cheap for that size. Who knows maybe they get a massive bulk discount? Also the setting in those pictures is very poorly done Sapphire is dirt cheap in bulk. Just look at the giant boules made for apple. Maybe that process (Czochralski?) can't be used for gem grade stuff. But it works for semiconductor grade sapphire 
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. To be honest even trained gemologists I doubt could say for certain if anything is wrong with it unless the stone is in front of them.
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Rurutia posted:Moissanite isn't a lab made diamond. It's lab made, whit-ish, and has similar qualities to diamond. its silicon carbide
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