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| two or more separate pieces of material joined to form a unit |
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| a cylindrical synthetic crystal produced by the flame-fusion process |
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| a process in which finely ground powder is heated, sometimes under pressure, to produce a fine-grained solid material |
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| clearly and accurately informing customers about the nature of the goods they buy |
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| two separate pieces of material fused or cemented together to form a single assembled stone |
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| a process in which powdered chemicals are dropped through a high-temperature flame onto a rotating solid rod of chemicals until it forms a synthetic crystal |
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| a process in which nutrients dissolve in heated chemicals, then cool to form synthetic crystals |
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| a process in which nutrients dissolve in a water solution at high temperature and pressure, then cool to form synthetic crystals |
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| any material that looks like a natural gem and is used in its place |
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| a synthetic crystal growth method in which the chemical mixture i smelted, then recrystallized |
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| a process in which the synthetic crystal grows from a seed that is dipped into a chemical melt, then pulled away as it gathers material |
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| a tiny crystal used as a template to control the size, speed, or direction of growth and the shape of a growing synthetic crystal |
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| a synthetic crystal growth method that uses cooling pipes around an interior of melted chemical ingredients |
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| a growth method in which the synthetic crystal grows from a dissolved chemical mixture, sometimes at high temperature and pressure |
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| a synthetic crystal growth method that starts without a seed crystal |
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| a laboratory creation with essentially the same chemical composition, crystal structure, and properties as its natural counterpart |
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| a single assembled stone made from three separate pieces of material fused or cemented together, or from two pieces and a colored cement layer |
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