micellular
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Post by micellular on Feb 17, 2017 15:17:07 GMT -5
In Tucson, my bf picked out a very nice piece of aquamarine rough for his father's girlfriend...but it turns out she wanted a rough crystal, not facet rough. Well, we were saddled with it anyways, AND it our birthstone, so I faceted for him. One of our long-distance routines is watching through old episodes of Star Trek, so when I came across this design, I thought it was perfect. It's one of the best performing stones I've cut, as a bonus! Finished at 8.0mm on the dot, 1.4 carats. Maybe we'll get it set and keep it as a suncatcher in his car, we'll see. In the morning dawn light, it looks more blue-green than it is.  Cloudy noon - this is a much more accurate color.  |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 17, 2017 15:31:32 GMT -5
Beautiful work!!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 17, 2017 15:31:40 GMT -5
Wow, that is indeed splendid! Your faceting skilz are awesome!
Congrats, a Tribble for you 
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Feb 17, 2017 15:53:04 GMT -5
Yet another amazing stone Michelle.
How long does the whole process take from start to finish?
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micellular
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Post by micellular on Feb 17, 2017 16:30:54 GMT -5
Yet another amazing stone Michelle. How long does the whole process take from start to finish? I probably spent ~3 hours picking out this stone from the parcel, inspecting it, and finding a design that I liked that fit the rough. Initially, it looked like a hexagon was the best fit, but upon further inspection there was a crack that necessitated a trillion. So at the end, it was a toss-up between Star Trek Trillion and Pedantic Sophistry. The test cuts of the latter didn't look great, so I went with STT. Getting the stone dopped and the actual process of cutting took about 6 hours. This aqua was super well-behaved and prepolished/polished super quickly - the fastest I've ever done that step. However, I think there is a slight misalignment in my transfer or my machine, which meant that I had cut and polish each crown facet individually and make adjustments to every facet to get the meetpoints right. |
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Don
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Post by Don on Feb 17, 2017 16:36:18 GMT -5
amazing.
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Post by MrP on Feb 17, 2017 16:46:43 GMT -5
In Tucson, my bf picked out a very nice piece of aquamarine rough for his father's girlfriend...but it turns out she wanted a rough crystal, not facet rough. Well, we were saddled with it anyways, AND it our birthstone, so I faceted for him. One of our long-distance routines is watching through old episodes of Star Trek, so when I came across this design, I thought it was perfect. It's one of the best performing stones I've cut, as a bonus! Finished at 8.0mm on the dot, 1.4 carats. Maybe we'll get it set and keep it as a suncatcher in his car, we'll see. In the morning dawn light, it looks more blue-green than it is. micellular The quality of your work sure shows that you have been doing this for many years!  Fast learner I would say.
Great Job again................................Mrp
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Feb 17, 2017 18:27:27 GMT -5
Thanks for going through your routine Michelle. Very interesting.
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Feb 17, 2017 22:05:06 GMT -5
Beautiful stone Michelle..When we were out there we picked up a new faceting machine for my Father in law...JOhn
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 0:21:03 GMT -5
Crud jeannie just asked me to make a ring from one of your stones. Have any nice grossular or peridot? Seriously! Wow Just Wow My wallet just hiccuped. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 20, 2017 8:53:12 GMT -5
I don't know how I missed this till now. What a stellar stone!!! Great color for an aqua, too. As a great star trek fan, I approve of this cut. |
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Post by vegasjames on Feb 20, 2017 17:48:54 GMT -5
Another beautiful stone!!!
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Feb 20, 2017 23:29:18 GMT -5
What a superb stone! Amazing cut and color.
Adrian
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Fast learner I would say.
