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This was the other piece of Helenite that I cut the Emerald Isle stone from. The Portuguese pavilion and SRB crown really sparkle. I watched Dan Lynch cut a garnet like this at the faceting symposium in Franklin a few weeks ago. He did it in less than one hour from start to finish. And he had issues with the stone shifting in the quill. He was using someone else's machine and the collet worked a bit different than he was used to. In any case, it was impressive to watch. Turns out I had the same or very similar diagram from one of my school stones so I gave it a go.

It's been a while (again) since I posted some cuts. This is the Emerald Isle Cut done in green Helenite aka glass. I really like this cut, but I need to adjust the cutting order. On the diagram is has notes saying to meet a point that isn't cut yet. By ignoring that and meeting with the other points in the notes it caused the l/w ratio to be a bit off. It shows on the corner cuts on the crown. It needs to be a smidge longer. Still looks great to an untrained eye though!

There's not anything super fancy about this stone other than my attempt at making rather small stones. I know 6mm isn't super small, but it still presents challenges keeping it from coming off the dop. I did black wax for the pavilion and UV resin for the crown. Being able to remove the initial dop with low heat was great. Previously I've been snapping off the transfer dop when using glue for small stones. Very frustrating! Ive been trying to perfect the wax method with mixed results. It's mostly taught me to not be so heavy handed while cutting.

Dark Blue Star Sapphire pair 💙💙

A beautiful pair of dark blue Star Sapphires with strong, clear stars.

• 11.45 carats total

• 11 × 9 mm each

• Heated

• High quality star

Price: $650 with shipping and certificate FedEx express

The stars show clearly across the stones when light hits them.

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