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Lapidary
New to step cuts
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 213033" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>Yep, it came out very nice despite the mistakes I made. The step crown acts sort of like a set of windows that lets you look straight down into the pattern of reflections made by the non-step pavilion. A more complex crown tends to interact with that a lot more and break up images more.</p><p></p><p>So the mixed cuts with a step crown now appeal to me.</p><p></p><p>But now I can see where I would actually like to do a full step cut. It's where you have a bi-coloured piece of material. A fair portion of the amethyst crystals from Lowmead are amethyst in one section and smokey in another, I reckon it would look cool to have an emerald cut wih half each. In that case you would probably be wanting to show off the colour zoning, not necessarily be chasin maximum brilliance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 213033, member: 2976"] Yep, it came out very nice despite the mistakes I made. The step crown acts sort of like a set of windows that lets you look straight down into the pattern of reflections made by the non-step pavilion. A more complex crown tends to interact with that a lot more and break up images more. So the mixed cuts with a step crown now appeal to me. But now I can see where I would actually like to do a full step cut. It's where you have a bi-coloured piece of material. A fair portion of the amethyst crystals from Lowmead are amethyst in one section and smokey in another, I reckon it would look cool to have an emerald cut wih half each. In that case you would probably be wanting to show off the colour zoning, not necessarily be chasin maximum brilliance. [/QUOTE]
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