⭐ Show Us Your Cut Stones - Before And After Photos

Nice work mate :clap: :clap: :beer:

Nice work H-H, pretty stones. :gemstone: :gemstone: :Y:

Fantastic job mate!

Sorry no before pics but the finished stones.
Harry. :Y:

You're getting good at this HH :clap:

If I may offer a little advice, try thinning down your girdle, comp cuts call for 2% of overall height a good commercial girdle is around 5% which gives a strong girdle for jewelers. The step cut stone is too thick for a jeweler to set.

Thanks for the tips Hugh. Ive only been cutting now for just under a year and a few of the stones Ive done have a thickish girdles and Im not so worried. Ive already recut some quartz and they turned out nice and sparkly and not so hard if you dop and line up properly. Although I wouldnt like to do it too often it can tur out very bad. I know what a rock grinder is now.......
I do have to say I really do like cutting the oval cut and using the eight main oval cut I find a bit easier than the other designs that start with the girdle facets then the mains, on the crown that is. Also I agree that my proportions are out a bit. Still they do sparkle and when Ive shown anyone they dont notice the bow tie anyway. But I know its there and it is frustrating.

Harry.

How do you set up your re-cuts, using Bluetac for alignment?

Any idea if this is yellow sapphire?

Hi bensan1 put the phots in the (your mineral identification questions), it is in gem stones and minerals section

First thing to do is an SG test, outside of that everyone will be guessing

Cheers

Hi guys, a bit of Blue Topaz. Square Cushion Barion cut. My 3rd stone so very much still on training wheels. I'm very fortunate to have a great instructor/mentor at my local gem club.
Cheers
Bullwinkle

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Wally69 said:

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Haha, thanks mate. Very much only a novice. But Im fully hooked for life. Already had a bad case of gold fever, but have now contracted another affliction. I have a 3 month trip organised through QLD looking for stones. I cant wait to hopefully find something that I can turn into something else.

Bullwinkle said:

Wally69 said:

:gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone: :gemstone:
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4106_50c529fd-9b7b-4191-9521-1af548fdd9c0.jpg

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Haha, thanks mate. Very much only a novice. But Im fully hooked for life. Already had a bad case of gold fever, but have now contracted another affliction. I have a 3 month trip organised through QLD looking for stones. I cant wait to hopefully find something that I can turn into something else.

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It is a good affliction to have during a cold winter.

Cant wait to see you get you blow torch out and set one of your about-to-be-found Qld sapphires into something shiny.

Nice work Bullwinkle. Looks like you had a beautiful stone to work with.
If I could offer a bit of advice in the hope we get to see more of you work on this thread... use a clean mirror, brush the lint from your stone and find some nice light to capture the true colour when photographing your stone.
There are many great examples from a number of contributors on this thread but here are two of my personal favourites from Wally69.
And Wally, you never did tell us what the pink one was?

Martyz said:

Nice work Bullwinkle. Looks like you had a beautiful stone to work with.
If I could offer a bit of advice in the hope we get to see more of you work on this thread... use a clean mirror, brush the lint from your stone and find some nice light to capture the true colour when photographing your stone.
There are many great examples from a number of contributors on this thread but here are two of my personal favourites from Wally69.
And Wally, you never did tell us what the pink one was?
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...9345_b7fc12b2-1e1b-43b5-9481-a3ae861833d2.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...9345_d44e4000-d230-42a5-9d99-92bdd4ea3777.jpg

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Thanks Martyz,

Great adivice! I was actually thinking at the time that getting a good photo was almost harder than cutting the stone.

Best regards

Bully

I hear you you Bullwinkle. Getting a good photo is easier said than done.
I reckon that given the few million years its taken for that rare piece of rough gemstone to find its way onto a facetors machine, to then be technically crafted into its finished design over hours or even days, its seems only reasonable that you present a National Geographic quality image of it.
Thats how we all get to share your joy. :Y: :Y: :gemstone: :gemstone:

Cheers Martyz

:8 Sorry to leave you hanging for so long, it is a wonderful coloured Malawi Garnet

Malawi lies on the Neoproterozoic Mozambique Belt, which stretches from Kenya through Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and Madagascar.

Beautiful stone, beautiful work Wally. Garnets are the quiet achievers of the gem world and this one is right up there with the best. erfect: