Faceting

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Crylos

I have a new personal best! (pxlmo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/faceting

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My mentor gave me some leftover rough when he taught me, to include a small piece of lab sapphire. I wanted to try something more complex than the Andrew Brown cuts I was doing, so I found a round cut that looked fun and relatively easy, and it was conveniently already designed for sapphire. (Also it sparkled very pretty in Gem Cad Studio)

I'm extremely happy with my meet points on this, and it's my first where there's no mistakes! And my girdle is 0.43mm! I'm quite proud of this stone.

Seeing the final stone for the first time was an incredible experience, I forgot how to breathe when I first saw it off the dop. I hope seeing a final gem is always so exhilarating (don't tell me if it gets old 🤣)

Synthetic sapphire, 1.3 cts, design is Gamma Brilliant by Jeff Ford (I got it from the USFG website)

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[–] Crylos 4 points 1 year ago

Woot! Fantastic job!

That kind of result is what keeps me going.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Stunning. I love the gradient from people to almost translucent at the edges.

[–] Dyntrall 3 points 1 year ago

Woah damn, I need to step up my game