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Thought I'd start a little thread for my stones instead of hijacking the main "show and tell" topic all the time. If you see a design you like send me a PM and I'll shoot the diagram to you. Some of them are my own designs though and these ones I'd rather keep to myself. Mostly because they haven't been thoroughly tested and the last thing I want is for someone to destroy a nice stone using one of my designs.
First one is a gorgeous little light pinky/purple 0.435 carat zircon from Inverell. The lighting isn't ideal to show the colour of the rough behind it which is actually more intense than the piece I cut. Rough weighs 3.654 carat.
Six point asterisk design. Its actually an optical illusion as there is only 3 tiny facets on the edges of the pavilion mains. The facets reflect themselves at 180 degrees to create the illusion. Angles have been changed and one facet sequence has been removed from the crown to adapt the design for zircon R.I. Leaving this sequence in would result in cutting that particular crown sequence at angles less than 15 degrees which is a deal breaker for me. Also it had a negative effect on the yield.
First one is a gorgeous little light pinky/purple 0.435 carat zircon from Inverell. The lighting isn't ideal to show the colour of the rough behind it which is actually more intense than the piece I cut. Rough weighs 3.654 carat.
Six point asterisk design. Its actually an optical illusion as there is only 3 tiny facets on the edges of the pavilion mains. The facets reflect themselves at 180 degrees to create the illusion. Angles have been changed and one facet sequence has been removed from the crown to adapt the design for zircon R.I. Leaving this sequence in would result in cutting that particular crown sequence at angles less than 15 degrees which is a deal breaker for me. Also it had a negative effect on the yield.