[Rockhounds] Faceting Computer

[Michael Schmidt]

not to mention selecting areas that are inclusion free
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From: "DonH" <donhalterman at verizon.net>
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Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Faceting Computer


> 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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