Cultured Emeralds
Cultured Emeralds
Clip: 353500_1_1
Year Shot: 1955
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1608
Original Film: 028-690-03
HD: N/A
Location: San Francisco, California
Timecode: 00:16:32 - 00:17:24
Audio is low on screener Synthetic emeralds are 'grown' in a mineral bath, a startling laboratory achievement by a san Francisco chemist, who tests a 330 carat gem. Establishing shot - Chemist working on making an emerald in his San Francisco laboratory. CUS - The chemist puts a stone in a beaker in a mineral bath. CUS - Chatham the chemist puts the cultured emeralds to a blow torch test. CUS - The hardest test, scratching glass CUS - A pleased looking chemist admiring his emerald.