[Jewelry making - Article 00635] - Re: [Orchid] Bezel setting faceted stones

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>        I'm curious to know if you plan to eventually re-cut this
>     sapphire yourself? I'm not at all a world-class faceter, and would
>     be nervous about it, myself. 

James,

    No need to be nervous about recutting such a stone.  If the original
    cutter did any thing right at all, they probably did a proper
    orientation for their original cut.  That makes the stone a perfect
    preform for recutting.  Often when recutting such a stone, the loss
    is actually quite minimal.  I have a .56 ct natural ruby (absolutely
    beautiful stone) what had been badly cut by the native cutter.  It
    was an oval and they had left a very bad fractured area in the culet
    which also had a black inclusion in it.  I recut the crown using the
    original design but tightening up the facets and improving the
    polish, then redid the pavillion in a slightly different design
    cutting the fracture and inclusion away.  In the end it came to
    exactly .50 cts and tripled in value! 

    It would be an excellent project for a faceter wanting to expand
    their horizons!  In this case, a couple more degrees on the
    pavillion mains would probably do the trick.  The stone would become
    slightly deeper and loose a bit of girth but the results would be
    worth it. 

    Cheers from Don at The Charles Belle Studio in SOFL where simple
    elegance IS fine jewelry! dcdietz AT comcast.net

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