https://community.qvc.com/t5/Jewelry/Synthetic-quartz/m-p/83303#M6086 <P>"<SPAN style="font-family: Optima; font-size: 14px; color: #231f20;">Synthetic quartz is a huge industry problem, yet it goes mostly unnoticed. Perhaps</SPAN></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> the feeling is that as an inexpensive gem, it is not worth the bother to detect and</P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> disclose. However, in the quantities in which it is sold, millions of dollars are at</P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> stake, not to mention that sellers are still legally obligated to properly identify and</P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> disclose all synthetic gem materials. ..."</P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> </P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> Click <A href="http://www.gemguide.com/news/0109GMNSyntheticQuartz.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</A> to read the whole article.</P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> </P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> I had the blue earrings in my cart, but they are leaving now. It's a disappointment that regular quartz, one of the most abundant gems around, wasn't used.</P> Sat, 28 May 2011 20:06:15 GMT kaplan206 2011-05-28T20:06:15Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Jewelry/Synthetic-quartz/m-p/83303#M6086 <P>"<SPAN style="font-family: Optima; font-size: 14px; color: #231f20;">Synthetic quartz is a huge industry problem, yet it goes mostly unnoticed. Perhaps</SPAN></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> the feeling is that as an inexpensive gem, it is not worth the bother to detect and</P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> disclose. However, in the quantities in which it is sold, millions of dollars are at</P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> stake, not to mention that sellers are still legally obligated to properly identify and</P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> disclose all synthetic gem materials. ..."</P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> </P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> Click <A href="http://www.gemguide.com/news/0109GMNSyntheticQuartz.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</A> to read the whole article.</P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> </P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #231f20;"> I had the blue earrings in my cart, but they are leaving now. It's a disappointment that regular quartz, one of the most abundant gems around, wasn't used.</P> Sat, 28 May 2011 20:06:15 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Jewelry/Synthetic-quartz/m-p/83303#M6086 kaplan206 2011-05-28T20:06:15Z