[Jewelry making - Article 00025] - Re: [Orchid] Quality Stones

[Craig]

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    You're getting stones cut by eye, probably on a jam-peg machine,
    where the cutters don't use a loupe, optivisor, or calipers when
    cutting. 

    The only way to pump out 10-20 stones a day so they can be sold
    cheaply is to not check all the things that should be checked when
    cutting (symmetry, meetpoints, etc), cut and polish the girdle, and
    give it a fine polish about 14k.  Not to mention they will all be
    cut for weight retention since they are sold 'per carat' which often
    makes for a very bland looking stone. 

    I saw a necklace on some jewelry channel the other day, 250+ carats
    of aquamarine. They showed the girl wearing it and you could see
    through almost every stone, NO flash or brilliance.  It was
    pathetic. 

Craig
www.creativecutgems.com


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