Cutting and treating Emeralds by Gustavo Castelblanco

[gsellis]

Gustavo owns Montana in Columbia. He was at Franklin Faceter's Frolic 4 discussing cutting and treating emeralds. While a bit long, I think it is educational in what goes into cutting emeralds and how to handle $4k/ct rough. My avatar is the result of his discussion on how to optimize yield while still doing precision cutting. Posted with Ella's permission.

About 38 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sGmNb6BCTQ

Q and A (19minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLwh7vNk7uA

 

[kenny]

Thank you so much for posting this.

Fascinating!

 

[chrono]

Thank you for the educational links. Much appreciated.

 

[Barrett]

I have some errands to run but as soon as I get home I know what I am going to watch!!! Thanks for posting, George.