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Minerals, Metals, and Other Materials

Man-Made Products

Who made the first successful synthetic gemstone?

In 1902, Auguste Victor Louis Verneuil (1856–1913) synthesized the first man-made gemstone—a ruby. Verneuil perfected a “flame-fusion” method of producing crystals of ruby and other corundums within a short time period.

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