The first commercially successful method of manufacturing syntheticgemstones, involving the melting of a finely powdered substance using an oxyhydrogenflame and crystallising the melted droplets into a boule.
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flame fusion
Origin
Developed in 1902 by the French chemist Auguste Verneuil.
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