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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
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⭐ Gemstone & Mineral Show n Tell
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 153725" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>Well I finished my first ever faceted stone, a piece of very pale smokey quartz - I know it's not perfect but I was so chuffed that I almost took the day off just so I could sit at home and look at it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I took a few photos but the camera simply can't show what the eye sees as the stone is moved, the brilliant scintillation. The colour is almost more like a zircon than smokey but I know what it is because I found the crystal myself.</p><p></p><p>There is some rubbish in it because it was only ever going to be a practice stone. I can now see how easy it would have been to cut that little bit out and have a perfectly clean stone.</p><p></p><p>And no, I can't really see what they mean when they say quartz won't polish with diamond, I polished it with #100 000 diamond and it took on a pretty damn good polish as far as i can see and did so fairly quickly and easily. The only bit I had some trouble with was the table - the thing just did not want to polish and it took some time but eventually I bent it to my will and it came up nicely. All the other facets polished easily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 153725, member: 2976"] Well I finished my first ever faceted stone, a piece of very pale smokey quartz - I know it's not perfect but I was so chuffed that I almost took the day off just so I could sit at home and look at it :D I took a few photos but the camera simply can't show what the eye sees as the stone is moved, the brilliant scintillation. The colour is almost more like a zircon than smokey but I know what it is because I found the crystal myself. There is some rubbish in it because it was only ever going to be a practice stone. I can now see how easy it would have been to cut that little bit out and have a perfectly clean stone. And no, I can't really see what they mean when they say quartz won't polish with diamond, I polished it with #100 000 diamond and it took on a pretty damn good polish as far as i can see and did so fairly quickly and easily. The only bit I had some trouble with was the table - the thing just did not want to polish and it took some time but eventually I bent it to my will and it came up nicely. All the other facets polished easily. [/QUOTE]
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