Help please/star sapphire identification rough pics

Can any one help and explain with pics what a rough star saph looks like,and how you cab it,cab top,cab bottom?how do I spot the star to get it in the centre..

Cheers varts...

Star Sapphires look the same as regular sapphires and can be transparent to opaque in a variety of colours.
The "star" is caused by very fine rutile inclusions running across the three horizontal axis of the gem.

The "cloudy" looking sapphire will generally cut a "star sapphire" however too much rutile and you will end up with a gem that you find difficult to polish.
I have not cut any real good star sapphires and I find then hard on my cutting gear, I'm sure there will be someone who specializes in cutting them who may be able to help further on this forum.

Hi Varts, here is a good
http://www.mindat.org/photo-214005.html