Or is it chrysocolla? 😀 - Janne Etz, Contemporary Concepts, Cocoa, FL Sherrie Schilling-Devaney, Sherrie’s Jewelry Box, Tigard, OR

Cabochon cut, and that’s probably misspelled.

Corrie Brown, Parkhill Jewelry, Ephrata, PA I always put in an extra “h” and write Chrysophrase. Lyla Ismael, Lyla Jewelers, Oak Lawn, IL I used to say “cutlet,” but after I started attending GIA courses about 5 years ago, I say it right now. Sandra Locken, Sarini Fine Jewellery, Vulcan, AB

Is a bail on a necklace a bail, baille, baile, or bale? FYI - I’m a baile girl.

Amythest, (no) had to Google that, again! Amethyst! - Karen Edney, Midwest Jewelers & Estate Buyers, Zionsville, IN.

Amethyst: always reverse e and y … 🙁 - Tom R.

Patty Wedemeier, Elegant Jewelers, Sugar Land, TX

Amethyst (spell) I always get the y and s turned around.

Jill Keith, Enchanted Jewelry, Danielson, CT

I learned and remembered it the first time I had to ask … solder.

We have a joke around here about how everyone says the word “jewelry.” Is it jewlry, jewellery, jewelry? Can you hear that? - Natasha Henderson, Saxon’s Fine Jewelers, Bend, OR.

Adularence? Adularessence? - Andrea Riso, Talisman Collection Fine Jewelers, El Dorado Hills, CA

Paul Krueger, Krueger Jeweler, Fort Atkinson, WI My wife has a hard time saying melee (small diamonds), she will 90 percent of the time say mealy (like a bad apple).

Frickin’ can’t say it correctly - can never spell it properly right off the bat - for over 40 years, this is BS! - Denise Oros, Linnea Jewelers, La Grange, IL James Doggett, Doggett Jewelry, Kingston, NH Moistenite, Masonite, Moisonite, Moissanite … now I have to delete all these from my tablet’s newly learned word list.Andaluscite, Andulusite … Andalusite! - Julie Terwilliger, Wexford Jewelers, Cadillac, MI.Erin McMichael Hess, Extinctions, Lancaster, PA Mary Jo Chanski, Hannoush Jewelers, Rutland, VT I don’t forget jewelry terms, but I have a strange memory with people’s purchases and personal situations, i.e., “Oh, I remember you bought the sapphire for your daughter for her college graduation 10 years ago.” I get stared at incredulously by both my boss and the customers.Pair a eiba tourmaline! 😂😂😂🤦 - Courtney Lane Pommier, Kay Jewelers, Baton Rouge, LA.Paparasha? - Laurie Cusher, Hyde Park Jeweler, Hyde Park, NY.Amber Gustafson, Amber’s Designs, Katy, TX Alex Weil, Martin’s Jewelry, Torrance, CA I have no problem, but my staff always misspell amethyst as ‘amythest’! Drives me nuts! And don’t even ask about ‘labordite’! - Eve J.Which one is correct? - Jillian Hornik, Jae’s Jewelers, Coral Gables, FL Kathy Jenkins, Bravo Jewellers, Oceanside, CA That enameling technique beginning with C 🤣🤦.

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