[Jewelry making - Article 01130] - [Orchid] Quality of cutting

[Rodney Carroll]

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Re: [Orchid] Suggestions for Lapidary Journal
http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive/200412/msg01101.htm

Gerry,

    Sorry, I had to change the title because we was off base. I hate to
    ask Hanuman to intervene on this. That is a whole different issue we
    should look at. 

    Anyway, I agree with Gerry 100% on this. Every faceted stone, cab
    and carving I buy I hand pick every single piece. The stone reflects
    my work. I have bought a number of cab cut stone from Ebay. I have a
    group that I watch and buy their product because I know they cut it
    in the US and the quality is very high. I bought stones from Jason
    Penn at the SNAG show. His stuff is outstanding!!! Overseas cabs are
    not fully polished, they do not always have flat back or good
    shoulders. As for faceted stones they are cut for weight most of the
    time. They have belly cuts or the angle is too shallow and you get
    the window in them. I saw a 19ct faceted Tanzanite on one of those
    TV shopping channels. It was a great piece of rough that would cut a
    nice stone. The stone was dead with zero fire. The stone was cut
    with a big belly and the facets did not look symmetrical. The asking
    price was around $20,000. The public does not know any better. I
    keep looking for a facetor in my area but they are all dying off so
    quickly or have to give it up for health reasons. 

Happy New Years!
Wishing everyone a prospers 2005!

Rodney
RC Gems

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