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Re: [Orchid] How to facet gemstones?
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Ahmed Shareek Thursday, June 06, 2002
   
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    Hi guys , I am writing after a very long time  , i have been lurking
    for some time. I am from Sri Lanka , and our lapidary industry goes
    back around 1000 years give or take a few decades. we had faceting
    machines , Not the kind you see these days , instead of the motor
    you had hand power , there was a long stick which had a cord
    attached to it and as the craftsman pulled the stick from side to
    side the wheel moved . 

    There were no Diamond laps too , it was only iron and cabarondom
    powder. the stone was glued to a stick and the craftsman roughly
    kept the angle . 

    Sorry i don't have an image to show you , but this is the way all
    stones were cut until the 1970`s 

Ahmed Shareek
http://www.closeadeal.com



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