[Rockhounds] Faceting Computer

DonH donhalterman at verizon.net
Fri Apr 11 07:14:06 PDT 2008


Drew wrote:

> Here is some more links that provide more information... the LiveScience
> site didn't provide enough...
> 
> http://www.fraunhofer.de/fhg/Images/rn4_ready_tcm6-92875.pdf (search for
> Paul Wild, and that will get you to the section)


What I don't understand is how it orients the gem.  The quality of the 
result depends very much upon orienting the material in the proper 
refractive index directions, but I can't imagine how this system would 
do that.

Don



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