I've just spent much of the morning grabbing still shots from the hour long "Synthetics" episode of the 7-hour Canadian Discovery Channel precious stone TV series "Stones of Fate & Fortune," broadcast beginning in 2002 or 3, and of which - let me hasten to add - I was the originator and lead researcher. This in preparation of a web site via which the whole series will be presented and yes indeed offered for sale. Stay tuned.
Meanwhile though I thought you folks might be interested in these still shots from a shoot at the J.O. Crystal Company in Long Beach California where Judith Osmer and Virginia Carter were at that time producing Ramaura flux-grown rubies.
The platinum crucible comes out of the furnace.
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(Recapping) I've just spent much of the morning grabbing still shots from the hour long "Synthetics" episode of the 7-hour Canadian Discovery Channel precious stone TV series "Stones of Fate & Fortune," broadcast beginning in 2002 or 3, and of which - let me hasten to add - I was the originator and lead researcher. This in preparation of a web site via which the whole series will be presented and yes indeed offered for sale. Stay tuned.
This is part II of a series of still shots from a shoot at the J.O. Crystal Company in Long Beach California where Judith Osmer and Virginia Carter were at that time producing Ramaura flux-grown rubies.
Fresh from the furnace the crystals are still somewhat flux encrusted
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Finally, after cleaning with nitric and other acids, they look like this
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And like this... If I recall correctly this one was so clean and esthetic that it was presented as a crystal specimen rather than sliced up for faceting. A similar albeit much smaller crystal is among my own treasured possessions.
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Post subject: Re: Ramaura Rubies Straight From The Furnace -Part I
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:50 pm
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Thanks Hans,
And a big thankyou for the entire 'Fate and Fortune' series. I have them all on VHS tape but a decent quality DVD with no ads would make a nice replacement. Looking forward to the site link.
Post subject: Re: Ramaura Rubies Straight From The Furnace -Part I
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:41 pm
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Goodness, those are just beautiful. I bid a couple years ago for some rather smaller multi-crystal (<1cm each) ramaura specimens on pee-bay, and got out bid after a couple hundred bux. Bummer. Still want at least one
maybe when my cash flow recovers.... or is rather resurrected like a zombie from the dead.
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