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Lapidary
⭐ Show Us Your Cut Stones - Before And After Photos
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<blockquote data-quote="Wally69" data-source="post: 419939" data-attributes="member: 1916"><p>Enjoyed cutting my first garnet <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> design is a Square Brilliant pavilion, with a Wally Special crown. I have no gemmology training but as the stone was very dark, I decided to do a bit of free-styling and flatten out the main crown facets into a large step cut arrangement in the hope that bigger windows would let me see into the stone better. A few fiddley micro facets was the price I had to pay for my experiment.</p><p></p><p>If anyone has tricks for getting the best out of dark stones, please educate me. 8)</p><p></p><p>Happy with the end result :lol: ........ <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> nice photo of some dust, sorry about the poor focus</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1916/1529887799_d7eab321-f28f-41af-b51e-59a6b8eecbfa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1916/1529887799_d93fddd6-f332-4f1a-8a4f-a6cb4231b7b9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wally69, post: 419939, member: 1916"] Enjoyed cutting my first garnet :D design is a Square Brilliant pavilion, with a Wally Special crown. I have no gemmology training but as the stone was very dark, I decided to do a bit of free-styling and flatten out the main crown facets into a large step cut arrangement in the hope that bigger windows would let me see into the stone better. A few fiddley micro facets was the price I had to pay for my experiment. If anyone has tricks for getting the best out of dark stones, please educate me. 8) Happy with the end result :lol: ........ :o nice photo of some dust, sorry about the poor focus [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1916/1529887799_d7eab321-f28f-41af-b51e-59a6b8eecbfa.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1916/1529887799_d93fddd6-f332-4f1a-8a4f-a6cb4231b7b9.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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