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What about Michael, Roger, Rick, Peter, Jeff (all of them), Steve, Dave, Ruffy's Dad? If anyone is around and wants to contribute, we'd love to hear 'em! And thank you in advance.
Chrono|1352335375|3300803 said:I hope the other lapidaries see this thread and are up to sharing both good and poor experiences of recuts.
Well.... I think every cutter has a few "situations". Before the change in export regs in Tanzania, we were able to bring out nice sized crystals to cut (over the one gram limit). So here's one I had not yet heated, and was just finishing the polish on the final facets. Right down the center of the stone a cleavage line gives way. I treated this Tanzanite just as carefully as all the others, but nevertheless it was wanting to be in two pieces. Finished out at 3.09ct. A good example that no matter how careful the faceter is, things can still happen.minousbijoux|1353869704|3315129 said:Roger:
Have any good/bad cutting stories for us?
Roger Dery|1353872273|3315153 said:Well.... I think every cutter has a few "situations". Before the change in export regs in Tanzania, we were able to bring out nice sized crystals to cut (over the one gram limit). So here's one I had not yet heated, and was just finishing the polish on the final facets. Right down the center of the stone a cleavage line gives way. I treated this Tanzanite just as carefully as all the others, but nevertheless it was wanting to be in two pieces. Finished out at 3.09ct. A good example that no matter how careful the faceter is, things can still happen.minousbijoux|1353869704|3315129 said:Roger:
Have any good/bad cutting stories for us?
Re: Calling All Cutters!
Post by Chrono » 27 Nov 2012 09:22
From a technical view point, that's an amazing picture of perfect cleavage.
Chrono|1354121043|3317414 said:Gene,
How quickly would expect an engineer to pick this up? I am on the road fairly often.