⭐ Show Us Your Cut Stones - Before And After Photos
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Martyz said:Nice work Dihusky. I can still see the quality work if I look closely with my 20X loupe. I hope you charged that job out on an hourly rate and not per carat.
Longest part was trying to analyse an original stone, get the size accurate and the angles. So damn small it was impossible to photograph in the detail needed to use the measuring systems on the computer, so winged it by dopping an original and comparing side by side through the 10X and the graticule. Cutting only took a couple of hours as it was so small, all done with 3000 then polish at 50k.
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"Life wasn't meant to be easy" - but I sure avoid the headaches, sometimes. I could have sold you a green sapphire that colour, size and shape for $10.
Well I have the before shot.
This smokey quartz came out of the tumbler, there seems to be a nice clear section which is not easy to see in the photo.
Is there anyone who would be interested in checking it out and having a go at faceting if my expectations are correct.
More than happy to pay for the work.
This smokey quartz came out of the tumbler, there seems to be a nice clear section which is not easy to see in the photo.
Is there anyone who would be interested in checking it out and having a go at faceting if my expectations are correct.
More than happy to pay for the work.
Wally69, what a beautiful piece, magnificent.
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Nice one Blocker, Where did you score the Smokey ?
They facet up very well if you can find a clear zone, I expect it would also make a fine stone with a few micro bubbles. I have only cut the perfectly clear sections. My brother has cut a few larger stones with inclusions into kite shapes and wire wrapped them as pendants and they look very slick.
This one was from Oberon and is a suitable size for a ring as I chased out all the inclusions.
Try your local lapidary for someone to cut it near you, otherwise they may run classes and you can have a crack at transformIng it yourself. :gemstone:
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That is beautiful Wally
Wally69 - If my memory serves me correct I think I got it at Tingha Sands quite some time ago. The local lapidary club has been closed since March and will not re-open until next year, all going well. I should have included a coin for size comparison. I love your work, you have to be happy and proud with those results.
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Wow Wally that is beautiful
Wally69 said:
how come your fingers are green??
Gilly47 said:
Must have been thinking about the jelly bean sapphire that didnt turn up in my buckets of wash from the Reward area. 8.(
Buy the way, that 12ct Hart stopper black spinel that popped out of the ground when you dropped in for a chat turns out to be a black sapphire with an exceptionally tiny ribbon of colour through one corner. Will need to do some homework and work out what to do with it now.
Just tried to pull up the before shots, but the damn phone has just decided to delete all my photos ] Huawei :skull:
Now I've got that off my chest, these are the finished shots, Amethyst was the trial cut for the design before I cut the Sapphire pair.
A veil running right through the centre, but the cut still worked. The final result...
Matched pair of pears 4.35mm x 6.5mm, interesting that one was 0.1ct heavier at 0.85ct and the second 0.75ct, I'm wondering if the inclusions are tiny Haematite crystals as the stone reacted to a magnet?
The one on the left was a 3.6ct rough and the design needs a false pavilion culet, I stuffed up on the dimension calculations, when I got to the crown there wasn't enough material for the original design so had to go for the step crown.
] Huawei :skull: Now I've got that off my chest, these are the finished shots, Amethyst was the trial cut for the design before I cut the Sapphire pair.
A veil running right through the centre, but the cut still worked. The final result...
Matched pair of pears 4.35mm x 6.5mm, interesting that one was 0.1ct heavier at 0.85ct and the second 0.75ct, I'm wondering if the inclusions are tiny Haematite crystals as the stone reacted to a magnet?
The one on the left was a 3.6ct rough and the design needs a false pavilion culet, I stuffed up on the dimension calculations, when I got to the crown there wasn't enough material for the original design so had to go for the step crown.
Actually great doing some cutting from rough as opposed to strange jobs and gem repairs.
A couple of before and afters, Peach Morganite 9.8ct and in a bad way with a horrible chip in the side. Original was an un-symetrical native cut.
16 hours later and a few hrs of lost sleep, 9.5ct finished
The finished stone
Then there was the sad and unloved little Tanzanite, 5ct to start with and lost around 0.5ct in the recut mainly due to the semi-oval native cut girdle
The final result can be satisfying they're a bloody pain to set up prior to cutting and measuring the original facet angles.
A couple of before and afters, Peach Morganite 9.8ct and in a bad way with a horrible chip in the side. Original was an un-symetrical native cut.
16 hours later and a few hrs of lost sleep, 9.5ct finished
The finished stone
Then there was the sad and unloved little Tanzanite, 5ct to start with and lost around 0.5ct in the recut mainly due to the semi-oval native cut girdle
The final result can be satisfying they're a bloody pain to set up prior to cutting and measuring the original facet angles.
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