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⭐ Show Us Your Cut Stones - Before And After Photos
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<blockquote data-quote="Dihusky" data-source="post: 586303" data-attributes="member: 10304"><p>Actually great doing some cutting from rough as opposed to strange jobs and gem repairs.</p><p></p><p>A couple of before and afters, Peach Morganite 9.8ct and in a bad way with a horrible chip in the side. Original was an un-symetrical native cut.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607500501_before.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607500528_chip-side-small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>16 hours later and a few hrs of lost sleep, 9.5ct finished</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607500601_after.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607500618_after-chip.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The finished stone</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607501290_after-3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Then there was the sad and unloved little Tanzanite, 5ct to start with and lost around 0.5ct in the recut mainly due to the semi-oval native cut girdle</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607501354_before.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607501486_after.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The final result can be satisfying they're a bloody pain to set up prior to cutting and measuring the original facet angles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dihusky, post: 586303, member: 10304"] Actually great doing some cutting from rough as opposed to strange jobs and gem repairs. A couple of before and afters, Peach Morganite 9.8ct and in a bad way with a horrible chip in the side. Original was an un-symetrical native cut. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607500501_before.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607500528_chip-side-small.jpg[/img] 16 hours later and a few hrs of lost sleep, 9.5ct finished [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607500601_after.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607500618_after-chip.jpg[/img] The finished stone [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607501290_after-3.jpg[/img] Then there was the sad and unloved little Tanzanite, 5ct to start with and lost around 0.5ct in the recut mainly due to the semi-oval native cut girdle [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607501354_before.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/10304/1607501486_after.jpg[/img] The final result can be satisfying they're a bloody pain to set up prior to cutting and measuring the original facet angles. [/QUOTE]
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