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Originally Posted by CortezPearls Sorry I forgot to mention I am incredibly MIOPIC. This is like having an incorporated Microscope (which comes really handy when you work with pearls, but at a terrible disadvantage when trying to find a soap bar in your bathtub) so I can SEE more...does anyone else that works with pearls (on this forum) have the same "advantage"?? Have you seen that this is true for you as well?? Maybe a person with normal eyesight needs more help. |
I am as well and I find that it's particularly helpful; especially in my old position at ABC Gems where I would sort and grade millimeter or less sized Emeralds, Alexandrites, Sapphires and Rubies, etc. I even requested that my optomestrist temper my ************ contacts to retain my ability to see the teeny details in the stones! I find that trying to set stones or grade their inclusions with my contacts in was doubling my vision and giving me a headache. I tried taking my contacts out before a client came to the office but then you need to wait for your eyes to adjust and so on... so mostly I just left them out
Sorry for throwing the conversation back a couple of frames, but somehow I'd missed this thread previously and am just now able to add my thoughts...
The first page had some absolutely fascinating images- has anybody gotten a chance to flip through Dr. Gubelin's photo atlas of gemstone inclusions?
http://photoatlas.microworldofgems.com/