Ever had one of those experience that just made you really appreciate the human race? Well last night was one of those for me. I attended a BBQ where my faceting mentor and my gem dealing mentor where both present. What an evening. Good wine, good food and plenty of gems. Much to my surprise and deepest appreciation, my faceting mentor came bearing gifts and some show and tell.
This is a single morganite crystal from Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has not been cut.The edges are all natural crystal faces. Sadly it is heavily included but the inclusions cause an explosion of rainbows inside it. He was very generous to give me smaller and much cleaner piece from another crystal. It has a few good sized cutters inside it but will require some careful examination to extract them.
And to top it all off he gave me an exquisite high quality Kruss refractometer to practice identification with. There is also a parcel of top quality amethyst from Pakistan that arrived in the mail yesterday.
My work is certainly cut out for me now. Goodbye social life, hello my pretties!!
