Community for discussing faceting and gemstones.
If you are a cutter, show off your work, provide tips and tricks or ask for advice.
If you donβt cut stones, feel free to ask questions!
No selling of stones, rough or anything else. You can however post links to vendors that you recommend.
This was one of the first emeralds I ever cut, and given the quality of the stone (not super fine), I'm pretty happy about how it turned out.
Yes.. I'm going to keep posting in hopes of someone else adding their own posts to the faceting community. π
Agreed. No knowledge of your craft, but Iβm enjoying seeing your posts.
Please do keep posting! I have no knowledge about this subject but it is interesting and pretty!
I posted a series of posts around how I cut stones in the faceting community, check it out!
Looks great!
How long does this sort of work take?
A minimum of 4 hours for a single stone, but it can take as long as 8 hours depending on the cut, type and size of the stone.
Does your picker have a little light inside it, or is that just the way the light is reflecting because of the cut itself?
That's just the way the light is reflecting within the stone. This particular emerald has a number of inclusions and internal fractures. As I said it isn't the highest quality. π