Verneuil process

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Etymology[edit]

Developed in 1902 by the French chemist Auguste Verneuil.

Proper noun[edit]

the Verneuil process

  1. The first commercially successful method of manufacturing synthetic gemstones, involving the melting of a finely powdered substance using an oxyhydrogen flame and crystallising the melted droplets into a boule.

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