
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and news director Rob Bates interview our first-ever father-daughter guest duo, Richard “Dick” Hughes and Billie Hughes, co-founders of Lotus Gemology, a full-service colored gemstone testing lab based in Bangkok. The pair give listeners an insider’s guide to the complex world of colored stones. Why is describing faceted color gemstones “pure hell”? (“It’s like trying to describe the wind,” in Dick’s words.) How do experts really detect treated stones? Bonus: Find out how you can learn more from these experts in Tucson.
Sponsored by IGI: igi.org
By JCK4.9
4949 ratings
JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and news director Rob Bates interview our first-ever father-daughter guest duo, Richard “Dick” Hughes and Billie Hughes, co-founders of Lotus Gemology, a full-service colored gemstone testing lab based in Bangkok. The pair give listeners an insider’s guide to the complex world of colored stones. Why is describing faceted color gemstones “pure hell”? (“It’s like trying to describe the wind,” in Dick’s words.) How do experts really detect treated stones? Bonus: Find out how you can learn more from these experts in Tucson.
Sponsored by IGI: igi.org

32,092 Listeners

38,668 Listeners

14,360 Listeners

19 Listeners

63 Listeners

6 Listeners

14,379 Listeners

5,550 Listeners

26 Listeners

29,251 Listeners

39 Listeners

28 Listeners

1,374 Listeners

13 Listeners

3 Listeners