I got this rough from a man in West Texas when I bought his collection. Had it faceted and was pleased. The stone was almost 3 ct and is flawless, you can even see some play of color which is rare for these stones. NFS.
I had this one cut into a modified rose cut, that’s what the cutting diagram called it anyway, came in at about 4 carats. I really like the window in it, I’ll set it in a pendant.
This piece of rough came from the Kunar Province. it was in a natural triangular shape so we did this and added some concaves to the bottom. NFS.
This is one that has just been done cutting. It’s just over 12 flawless carats. Hope you enjoy, NFS.
Made this cab out of gembone found in Utah. Not sure what type of dinosaur, but this was cut from a vertebrae.
I found so many of these that I started donating them to schools, my kids are in Montessori so their school let me and the owners son build slides and put these in the middle.
I obviously see the much smaller ammonite coming out of the front, but there is a straight ribbed fossil showing in pics 3-4 that I’m curious about.
This one finished at just over 5 carats, I loved the design. Internally flawless, NFS.
I posted one of these here yesterday and thought I’d share another. the rough I cut the stones out of for these started at 80 grams and I cut about 5 stones out of it. I’ll post the another cut and the rough later today or tomorrow. This stone is custom cut with concave facets. NFS, just enjoying sharing.
Fantasy cut by a buddy of mine for me.
These are gorgeous in color and were clean as can be. I was slowly cutting them to place in jewelry and decided to start with nose rings. I now have them all cut and will use it in jewelry over time, just wanted to share because of the vibrancy.
Had a friend travel to badakshan and bought a kilogram of these purple spinel. Most were t clean enough to cut, but I got about 50 carats that were clean out of them.
Here’s a cab I just made from material I got in Arizona. Gem silica with awesome malachite plumes, there’s also a little quartz vug in the middle. Hope you like it.
Self collected about 400 ammonites from about 3” across to near 2 feet across. I work as an appraiser and came across a construction site where they were popping the bedrock open with D10 dozers and these would pop out. Took about a year and lots of moving heavy rocks to acquire them all.
Anybody love the differences you can get with these stones?
I loved the pattern in the first one after it was finished.
I became friends with someone on instagram who was living in Pakistan, but was an Afghan. Over time I paid him to travel into areas of Afghanistan to buy me gemstone rough. This material is from Badakshan and was in possession of a tribal elder for years. The way it works there is they lay that square down and put the rough down, you then have to choose 1/4, such as top left. I paid more to choose but thought you’d find it interesting.
This is the finest lapis you can get, no calcite and most without pyrite, although certain parts of the world appreciate a splash of pyrite. Just wanted to share because I thought it was cool.
Flawless stone with a perfect 50/50 split. I picked the rough up in Tucson a few years back and had a buddy in Austin, Texas cut it for me. Just wanted to share because it’s awesome.