VISIT TO IDAR-OBERSTEIN

The pictures in the following slide presentation are © 1995 J. Wolf Kuehn and cannot be retrieved by any means.

[ Idar's Gem Museum ] [ Ruppenthal's gem exhibits ] [ Gem Fashioning in Idar ]

i18 Gem cutter doing precision facetting

i19 Gem cutter using a motor-saw

i23 Primitive drill for beads

i24 Exhibit at Ruppenthal's

i25 One of the many show-cases at Ruppenthal

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SOUTH SEA PEARL PRODUCTION - A visit to a South Sea Pearl Farm.

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