⭐ Show Us Your Cut Stones - Before And After Photos

Trying to get good photos , these are tourmaline in 1 and 4 , zircon and smokey in 2-3 from oberon , the zircon is 3 caratdust and bits everywhere . They looked good before resising , now back to bench and start again , will get there with photos one day.

perfect!!!

I love 2 and 4!
A big zircon in my sieve is my dream.

How did you go with that big smoky pear?

Wonderful craftsmanship KS. You should be proud of them.
Jaros

james packers wallet in my sieve is my dream

Some stones from my sister


Lemon Qaurtz

Amethyst

Were these stones that your sister cut kid ?,.... nice looking stones(love the lemon one).

Nah she didn't cut them. She gave me these ones with heaps of other stones she's a jeweller and I think that they had stones that they weren't using so she gave them to me

Sounds like a wonderful sister to have Kid,...I'd say she is an inspiration for you.

Speaking of Lamberts, I wouldn't cut what they cut, it is so small (biggest zirc is 0.3ct, biggest saph 0.6ct)! But it is cut correctly (for the size).
It took three months to have them back, but I like the results:




Now I have to find a customer for this...

Hi GallicProspector, what was the average size of the stones that you sent? Did they reject any / many?

They rejected nearly half of what I sent, and I sorted it before.
I think sent everything smaller than 1.5/2ct.

Hi All
I haven't posted for a while so here is a pic of my latest effort. A 1.1 carat Kuridala Amethyst found on my last fossicking trip to the Cloncurry area. The rough was pale but was able to put a colour spot in the culet to show up through the SRB.

Couldn't resist attempting another one. Even though my loan machine is a little worse for ware.

The stone I cut is the very top one with the terminated tip in the first pic. Obrein's Creek Topaz. A lot of the stone had a heap of fine inclusions and bubbles toward the outside of the gem however I was able to isolate an absolutely flawless section in the centre. The finished stone is between 15-20 carats (scales aren't accurate enough).

First attempt at cutting a cushion and first time I have ever encountered grain issues. Took me soooo bloody long to polish the pavilion. 18 hours in and some frustrated reading, I finally learn't that I was cutting in the hardest possible direction. . All I had to do was use the other side of the lap and all those wasted hours would have actually yielded something.

Anyway best lessons learn't are usually the hardest.

OH WOW !!
Good to see the 'before'
Then the amazing transformation of 'after'
Beautiful job

Well, lesson learned, and a great result!

sorry but on before pick for this one
too late

Great photo ... I'm jelly what the stone weigh? Deceiving with the flowers. Nice cut, step pear crown looks strange.

Sluicing Stan said:

https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...409458_337305_291480070889276_884618893_o.jpg

sorry but on before pick for this one
too late

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Is this cristanite

Its just a little bit of Bolivian Amethyst, 6.42ct the cut is just something I designed.
I dont really take picks of stones before I cut them just after this is one I thought might be interesting.




Still struggling a bit trying to work out how some things work on the forum. :8