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I'm a little surprised that the experts didn't already know this, but there is a lively market for fantasy cuts. The cutters almost all use colored stones and sims, and contests inevitably use the sims.
Not only do you not have to worry about destroying thousands of dollars worth of rough, they are also much easier to cut and the slightly lower RI of CZ is not going to be as important in a stone that is obviously not cut for face up light return.
Do a quick search on fantasy gem cuts and you'll see a plethora of stunning stuff, and it's not even constrained to using up macles that aren't even going to be a 000 RB.
Not only do you not have to worry about destroying thousands of dollars worth of rough, they are also much easier to cut and the slightly lower RI of CZ is not going to be as important in a stone that is obviously not cut for face up light return.
Do a quick search on fantasy gem cuts and you'll see a plethora of stunning stuff, and it's not even constrained to using up macles that aren't even going to be a 000 RB.