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Learn how to use the polariscope, a quick and useful tool that can help gemmologists to identify the optical nature of a gemstone. It can be used on rough, cut, set and loose gemstones. This video covers the use of both a portable polariscope and a table polariscope.
A tutorial on the use of the Polariscope, to start to identify a gemstone. This video covers the basic use of this gemological instrument.