Recent content by Firepanther

Good luck. Have a few more I'm going to send to be done when I get time and hopefully can head out with the old man after the fires are done and look for more

Thanks wally. Manage to find someone to cut them at such a small size. The cabbed chrysoberyl I'll be getting put into a necklace for the wife and one of the royal blue sapphires in a ring. The sparkle of the sapphires is amazing when in the right light

Hey Pat, all came from weld river tassie

Hey guys recently got some gems cut. All sapphires except yellow which is chrysoberyl. Between 0.2ct to 0.5ct cut. Very happy with the results. Will try to get better pics when I get back from fires.

That blue sapphire is awesome wally

A couple quick photos. Couldn't find my sapphires atm. Picture doesn't do justice. Black spinel and zircon

Nice stones there Squint. I've been tumbling my unfacetable stones and putting them in glass bottles. Will take a pic and post them when i get a chance

Yeah im in my mid 30's so the cold isn't to bad at times :lol: My dad is in his 60's and still has a decent crack in the cold water. The lengths people go to for stones :lol:

Still working on it. Now its getting colder it'll be a good time to start to learn. Gotta catch up with the old man and see if he's caught up with his friend that was going to help him out

Cheers I'll check them out

Just wondering where everyone purchases there powder from? Also do you only do the four stages when tumbling? Cheers

Make sure to pack plenty of warm gear ;) The river is freezing now summer is gone :awful:

Yep was definitely in the honey spot. Was hoping to beat my 29ct sapphire record but not this time. Now to let the wifey choose her favorites

Wow what a cracker of a sapphire. If i was you i would definitely get it faceted here in Australia. Get a quality cut stone even at $50 a ct would be worth it in my opinion. Plenty of awesome cutters on here or ask around maybe at your local lapidary club. Let us know how you go and good luck :D

And 544.5cts of sapphire i got. Biggest is 8.2ct.