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Crylos

Guess the rough (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Crylos to c/faceting

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So I've never cut one of these before, and frankly I'm not sure how it would turn out.

Let me know your guess!

(I should have a new stone finished this weekend which I'll share Monday.)

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[–] Crylos 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No guesses… the answer is calcite.

Just trying to drive traffic and interaction. I guess most like the pretty stuff. 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was truly stumped by this one! I'm really curious to see what you facet from it though, you don't see many calcite gems. Please share if/when you try!

[–] Crylos 2 points 1 year ago

Will do! Thinking I might try cutting a piece off of that next week.

[–] Dyntrall 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never really thought what calcite would look like faceted - I'm interested in the results! The softness must make it really hard to do the final polish?

[–] Crylos 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what I’ve read it’s actually the perfect cleavage planes that cause the most issues. The gem can fracture while cutting. 😟

[–] Dyntrall 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Faceting on hard mode - good luck!