The fact that the Pink color reflects on the opposite Side, to me is fascinating. And my Gosh, you did a superb work on this 'new' stone and I'm happy to have watched this video! When you test a Lab created Stone, is it possible to mesure it with a Diamond tester?
Hello, my artist friend you are really an artist in stone carving and all your work is like a beautiful art, I always follow you and I am waiting for your videos for more work from you, please use them. Thank you very much, your friend from Iran Shahab
Good equipment isn't cheap. You will get what you pay for. I've only used an Ultratec faceting machine which is pretty reliable, but they are one of the more expensive machines. Using cheaper topper laps for cutting and ultralaps for polish can save you some on start up equipment. If you want to do hard stones like sapphires, I would recommend getting a polishing lap like the Batt that you can use with diamond for the final polish. You mainly need a 600 grit for main cutting, 3k or 8k grit for prepolish, and your polishing laps. A heavier grit like 180 or 360 comes in handy for roughing in larger stones.
I'm not into jewellery or gem stones as such, and I only visit channels like yours rarely to see the transformation you can achieve from raw to polished stones. I however am interested in the way such stones are created, naturally or artificially, as a purely academic interest - and therefore I am very surprised to see a pink and goldish Sapphire! I always thought they were of the Bluish nature with probably some transition/variations with Violet.
This piece is a man made sapphire. It was created to have the two colors. Blue is the most commonly known color for sapphire, but sapphires actually come in a wide variety of colors naturally and sometimes have color zoning of different colors.
Hey man why don’t you use wax when attaching the gem to the dob stick and why do you use super glue instead? I would think that when you transfer the gem in the transfer jig, the polished side that gets glued to the receiving side would get scratched. Love you channel and videos, good work!
Lab sapphire is man made sapphire. It has the same properties as natural sapphire, and it can cut beautiful pieces that are also durable for jewelry.
You don't run water when you grind so you don't breath the dust? I was watching a guy cut a black opal and he had water running over his grinders.
What was the time to do this gem? Assuming you’re starting with the specimen you want to cut. Is this a 8 hour job, 16 hours.
Just incredible watching that stone evolve…gorgeous. Thank you for doing this video!
Thanks! I'm glad liked it!
So glad I found this channel, Your videos are awesome man. That Sapphire is absolutely gorgeous
Thank you! I'm happy people are liking my videos!
I have no idea you could get multi colored gem stone! That's just fascinating.
They are fun to work with! I like multi colored stones!
It's the most amazing gemstone cut that I have never seen before. Well-done job! Good luck and good health to you. God bless you.
Thank You!
I'm loving your videos and am glad I found your channel! Keep up the stunning work!
Thank you! I will!
Please keep going! I’m amazed
Really enjoying these videos and the artistry behind them. Looking forward to seeing many more!
The fact that the Pink color reflects on the opposite Side, to me is fascinating. And my Gosh, you did a superb work on this 'new' stone and I'm happy to have watched this video! When you test a Lab created Stone, is it possible to mesure it with a Diamond tester?
This is the best Video you have done so far. I love the explanation while you're doing it.
Thanks! I'll keep working on improving them.
A true work of art. Thanks for sharing!
Marking the dop in addition to the stone is mind blowing!!!!! I haven't seen that yet and it makes so much sense!!
Beautiful stone too!!!
Yeah, putting the marks on the dop helps me align it fairly centered to the marks on the stone.
This is so cool!
It is! Thanks!
Oh this channel is new! Freggin amazing! Keep em coming
Will do. Thanks!
beautiful.
Hey Matt, it's Arya. Well done! Nice work and planning for bicolour effects.
Thanks Arya! I enjoy using the many neat designs that you and others have available on the Gemology Project website.
The legend himself!
Piękne, jesteś mistrzem 👌👍
Thank You!
Unique use of the color zoning
Yeah, it is pretty neat. Thanks!
Beautiful stone, thanks for sharing!
Yep, Thanks!
this is trippy- thanks
Yeah, thanks!
Lovely stone, and a well edited together video mate :D keep up the awesome work
Thank You!
Hello, my artist friend
you are really an artist in stone carving
and all your work is like a beautiful art, I always follow you and I am waiting for your videos for more work from you, please use them. Thank you very much, your friend from Iran Shahab
Thank You! I will keep doing videos when I can!
Hi Matt -- Great videos! Love the camera angle from behind the machine. Thanks for featuring our equipment !! Keep em coming ---- Tim H from ULTRA TEC
Thank you! Ultratec has some good equipment!
very nice
Awesome!
Thanks Holly!
I like that idea. Is there any chance you could do a green and yellow one?
Full of technical details, thank u❤ what equipment you can recommend for cutting and polishing at the start?
Good equipment isn't cheap. You will get what you pay for. I've only used an Ultratec faceting machine which is pretty reliable, but they are one of the more expensive machines. Using cheaper topper laps for cutting and ultralaps for polish can save you some on start up equipment. If you want to do hard stones like sapphires, I would recommend getting a polishing lap like the Batt that you can use with diamond for the final polish. You mainly need a 600 grit for main cutting, 3k or 8k grit for prepolish, and your polishing laps. A heavier grit like 180 or 360 comes in handy for roughing in larger stones.
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Wow
Keep up these videos and your sub count will explode in no time. 👍
Thanks!
I'm not into jewellery or gem stones as such, and I only visit channels like yours rarely to see the transformation you can achieve from raw to polished stones. I however am interested in the way such stones are created, naturally or artificially, as a purely academic interest - and therefore I am very surprised to see a pink and goldish Sapphire! I always thought they were of the Bluish nature with probably some transition/variations with Violet.
This piece is a man made sapphire. It was created to have the two colors. Blue is the most commonly known color for sapphire, but sapphires actually come in a wide variety of colors naturally and sometimes have color zoning of different colors.
Hey man why don’t you use wax when attaching the gem to the dob stick and why do you use super glue instead? I would think that when you transfer the gem in the transfer jig, the polished side that gets glued to the receiving side would get scratched. Love you channel and videos, good work!
Wax dopping is old-fashioned and prone to failure. CA isn’t perfect either, but is pretty much foolproof. Try them all, use what works.
hi, the stones looks nice, i want to try and cut it in ametrine, would you share the diagram?
www.gemologyproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=Akhavan_-_Radiant_Eye_of_Zul
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Are you normally cutting multiple stones at a time since you have to wait for the superglue to set up anyways?
Yes! I usually keep around 8-12 stones dopped up at any given time that I can be working on.
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Thank You!
you can cure superglue with water
i subbed i would love to learn from u
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Lab sapphire its not good..natural gemstones for fortunes,..