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Synthetic stones are much used at the
lower end of the market. They provide an inexpensive alternative to
their real counterparts. Synthetics such as sapphire and ruby
are actually man-made corundum, sharing the same hardness and
refractive indices as the genuine article, whereas synthetic spinel is
used as alternative to aquamarine and has totally different
characteristics.
00000Because
it is so inexpensive and is so hard wearing the most popular synthetic
stone in use today is cubic zirconia. We keep in stock a full range of
the following colours: white, pink, yellow, amethyst (purple),
lavender, orange, blue, green, tanzanite, peridot, champagne, black and
brown.See
the
Cubic Zirconia
page.
00000We
also keep a large range of synthetics in stock: synthetic corundum
(ruby, sapphire, alexandrite), synthetic spinel (aquamarine and dark
blue) and synthetic opal. We also hold a stock of
European cut synthetics and Alpinites (green hard mass glass) Phone
for details.
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