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This post should be illustrated with photographs, but settings for my stones are not yet finished. I bought a spessartine from Pala, a spessartine from Marc Sarosi and two spessartines from my jeweller. Pala''s one is definitely the best color and quality-wise but it looks bleak in comparison with the other ones. Why? Native cut spoils everything, and it not a bad cut! Sarosi''s is the worst color-wise, but I give him credit for finding a stone that would fit into a very unusual mounting and not look shallow. However, it sparkles like crazy. The cut makes all the difference!
So I think it is time to invest into precision cuts, or even recut good but poorly cut stones. I have a feeling that days of native cuts are over.
So I think it is time to invest into precision cuts, or even recut good but poorly cut stones. I have a feeling that days of native cuts are over.