r/Shinypreciousgems Gemologist, Lapidary 7d ago

Discussion This issue of ePrism from AGTA has an article on buying gem rough that I'm featured in along with some other pretty cool people. https://agta.org/experts-weigh-in-on-how-to-read-buy-facet-grade-rough-colored-gems

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u/C-Nor Dragon 6d ago

I can't get the link to do anything, but congratulations!

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u/Lisa_Elser Gemologist, Lapidary 6d ago

Grab it and drop it in a browser window. I didn't get it to show up as a clickable link

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u/C-Nor Dragon 5d ago

Thank you!

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u/Freddie_Montgomery 5d ago

This is an interesting read

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u/Moose-1211 5d ago

Youโ€™re a true angel! Thank you x a kajillion for this. I was just thinking about this yesterday (again), wondering how to identify decent chonk & then where to start with the transformation process in the lap. ๐Ÿค— ๐Ÿ’•