Gained a new hobby - Gem Cutting

Goldy

jlmarta

Cool! This sorta goes hand-in-hand with your profession, doesn't it? I think that's neat!

Goldy

it certianly does! I actually went out a while back and collected some nice topaz from a hill here in Utah so I am excited to cut those stones. Pretty cool idea to find a mineral and take it all the way to a cut gemstone all by yourself.

jlmarta

Boy! I'll say! Ought to be a great deal of satisfaction in that. Rock on, brother. (no pun intended).

stephen_hannibal

cabinetmaker

That cut looks top quality. Perfect!

fla-gypsy

Super cool, nice pic too

laker1963

Awesome job Goldy. I too am a rockhound. Nothing more relaxing then walking over the mountainsides looking for good samples. That or sitting on a riverbank panning. Would love to be able to do that... very nice work.

dennisking

that's how it was in the old days from what i'm told. my wife's diamond is an antique mine cut diamond her great aunt had. it's pretty cool how they did it back then.

ENFIDL

That's awesome man. Nice work

xmacro

Damn, that looks really nice. Think I might have to contact you sometime around Christmas

ShotgunJohn

Wow!! That is awesome, it looks fantastic. Very nice work.

Goldy

xmacro:

Damn, that looks really nice. Think I might have to contact you sometime around Christmas

Sounds good, just shoot me a PM and tell me what kind of shape you are interested in.

laker1963

Goldy, can you, or have you cut many different gem stones? I was thinking about the different hardness and natural flaws of different stones. I was thinking for instance raw sapphire. Could you cut raw sapphiers?

Goldy

laker1963:

Goldy, can you, or have you cut many different gem stones? I was thinking about the different hardness and natural flaws of different stones. I was thinking for instance raw sapphire. Could you cut raw sapphiers?

Hardness just makes the stone take longer to grind but doesn't really increase the difficulty. What does increase the dificulty is cleavage which is the stones natrual breaking planes. Sapphires should be no problem and I am going to start cutting them very soon. I also just bought a bunch of opal that I am going to cut next week which should be fun.

laker1963

Goldy

laker1963