Three for the price of one... all very nicely done, Cliff. That CZ is showing a little fire in the reveal. I couldn't keep my eye off of it. Nice music had my wife dancing in her chair. Thanks for another great video... much appreciated. BTW: I got my Chinese toppers. Thanks for the link.
Love your work Cliff. And your humour.ive built my own lap just to do cabochons. You’ve given me some great knowledge on grits and polishing thankyou as I’m self taught.
I am speechless today. I have so many questions about this art. For example how hard you press the jem, how you know when to take it of, how someone can learn all this. Well done Cliff. Excellent presentation.
Well done Cliff. Fantastic work as usually, BRAVO. I fell in love on to your oldtimer faceting machine , so i resolved to DIY something similar for myself .
The light green Sapphires from Queensland look better. More sparkle. A gentleman in my gem club facet a 7mm one for a competition and it looked great. A really nice light Olive colour it had.
awesome,all 3 of them. Hard to say which ones i like the most,but i think it'S the Zirkonia. so sparkly. But i must say,that topaz is one of the most brightest white light gem i ever saw. The Pavilion looked like a Flashlight.
one of these day could you do a video all about the machines , I once seen a vid that a guy was using a tall stick with holes in it and different shapes of wood for templates and wa faceting with it ,
Very nice, Cliff! I'm just getting set up to start faceting, my machine parts are finally here, so... Quick question... On the citrine quartz, I saw that you were a little off the angle of the natural facets when beginning the cut. Was that on purpose for polishing reasons? Thanks, /Dave
My dachshund poodle hybrid is obsessed with gems and if I am cutting she has a seat with a set of steps because she wants to watch every detail and I will put some gems on table and she will move them and stare at her favorites also if she stops and circles on a walk its a rough gem is jaws obsessed too
Hello Cliff. Can you please tell me the sequence of Grits and the Prepolish and Polish Mediums used for the CZ ? I recently started (and quickly finished) working on a CZ. For some reason I was under the impression that it is/was "lab-made Zircon" which is softer than CZ. Obviously, I was very wrong. I found it VERY Difficult to Prepolish suitably (to get rid of scratches) and some facets simply Would NOT Polish regardless what I used or how hard I pressed the stone to the lap. I was tempted to park my car on the quill a couple times thinking that might provide the necessary pressure to affect several stubborn facets, but opted out of that plan ! PS> Without relinquishing my real name in UA-cam, I am in a FB Group where last week you replied to one of my posts which discusses the "order/sequence you use to cut and polish" which I learned only yesterday that I'm using the "OLD" method/sequence of faceting and not actually "meet point faceting". My Initials are "CM".
Hi, with CZ usually pre polish with very worn 3000 diamond topper lap. CZ can be stubborn to polish. I use a tin lap with 50,000 diamond grit. I run a lap at a medium speed. I wouldn't go to heavy on the oil either. CZ can be prone to having a orange peel effect like sapphire. With large facets, you definitely will have to put in more elbow grease to get a good polish. Cheers Cliff
Hi Cliff, the computer images really show the amount of loss from cutting, if the rough was a real cube or close to a cube...What are your thoughts on that subject? Regards, OCHO
You always lose about two thirds of the gem material. A pre-form is best to save loss of material, but you will still a huge percentage of the original gem.
What is the name of the last design you faceted (on the citrine)? I've tried to look it up but I don't think I'm hearing you correctly. Also, thank you so much for your videos! I'm a rockhound, who recently started trying my hand at lapidary arts and of the many, many artist's videos I have watched, yours are by far my favorites. You are incredibly talented and informative. Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge.
Wouldn't silicate crystals be a natural glass structure that essentially "grows" over large periods of time ? It seems like they would be . specialist glass can contain boron and aluminum, uranium, barylium, iron, cesium, cobalt (the old and ever super lovely real cobalt blue glass containers and bottles were something I once collected as a kid . they are stunnung. Good Tanzanite has the same deep blue / violet colors the true cobalt glass had.anything else is just blue colored glass ). I have read of gems being incorporated directly into glass , such as emeralds and sapphire/corrundum ground into powder amd mixed into the silicate and other compounds to be melted until cohesive and mixable. Lead crystal is classic but idk if that is a glass either so it goes right back to my question . I also know thst not all crystals are silicates,far from. There is a rockhownding club in my area but they dont know much about lapidary work. While i am still learning , im at a point with geology that i know far more than the average person...coins/ numismatics too actually , i'm at the point most choose a specific subcatagory of the topics , to become an expert in that area. So should i focus on gems in generel or one single mineral type like ,once again ,tanzanite and know all i can know about it and stick with it or should i be able to know most everything about several gem types after a few years of experience? With coins do i focus down ona single thing or get the more broad picture(i know you probably dont have coin advice but hey . one never knows who collects coins) I have ideas for as i rambled about recently in another video , a great many ideas . maybe even a few good ones. Jewelry . cutting designs i need help with, embellishments for various items. It's vast. Thats why i have my issue of what to focus on studying.
Three for the price of one... all very nicely done, Cliff. That CZ is showing a little fire in the reveal. I couldn't keep my eye off of it. Nice music had my wife dancing in her chair. Thanks for another great video... much appreciated.
BTW: I got my Chinese toppers. Thanks for the link.
Truly wonderful Cliff. Your wisdom toward others made perfect common sense. Thank you. Enjoyed !
Thanks Myrtha.
I love the shield cut! It's one of my favorite! Thanks for the great videos!
Thank you.
Love your work Cliff. And your humour.ive built my own lap just to do cabochons. You’ve given me some great knowledge on grits and polishing thankyou as I’m self taught.
heck yeah! love waking up to your vids!
Thank you .....
I like the Citrine best and the Good music!
Thank you.
Lovely to see the three gems together, they are amazingly different.
Thanks Tony. They all their own individual appeal.
I am speechless today. I have so many questions about this art. For example how hard you press the jem, how you know when to take it of, how someone can learn all this. Well done Cliff. Excellent presentation.
Thanks chris.
Well done Cliff. Fantastic work as usually, BRAVO. I fell in love on to your oldtimer faceting machine , so i resolved to DIY something similar for myself .
Good luck with your project.
Wow excellent work. They're beautiful.
Thank you very much!
great video Cliff the citrine looks like our light green sapphire
The light green Sapphires from Queensland look better. More sparkle. A gentleman in my gem club facet a 7mm one for a competition and it looked great. A really nice light Olive colour it had.
@@VintageTimeGems Yes we have many variations of green for sure
super ! good job Cliff
Thanks Rufael.
awesome,all 3 of them. Hard to say which ones i like the most,but i think it'S the Zirkonia. so sparkly. But i must say,that topaz is one of the most brightest white light gem i ever saw. The Pavilion looked like a Flashlight.
I liked the color of the CZ, but Topaz is like Diamond. Very under rated.
I love the CZ! 😍😍😍
The CZ came out well.
Very nice presentation. High quality gems, as usual. :-)
Thanks Bill.
Lovely gems, all of them.
Thank you Kathy.
one of these day could you do a video all about the machines , I once seen a vid that a guy was using a tall stick with holes in it and different shapes of wood for templates and wa faceting with it ,
I've done a video on my machine. It's something I could consider though.
beautiful I wish the software dose the faceting if I'm making them
I hope I become as skilled as you are! These are beautiful!
Thanks Todd.
Very nice, Cliff! I'm just getting set up to start faceting, my machine parts are finally here, so... Quick question... On the citrine quartz, I saw that you were a little off the angle of the natural facets when beginning the cut. Was that on purpose for polishing reasons? Thanks, /Dave
My dachshund poodle hybrid is obsessed with gems and if I am cutting she has a seat with a set of steps because she wants to watch every detail and I will put some gems on table and she will move them and stare at her favorites also if she stops and circles on a walk its a rough gem is jaws obsessed too
Hello Cliff. Can you please tell me the sequence of Grits and the Prepolish and Polish Mediums used for the CZ ?
I recently started (and quickly finished) working on a CZ. For some reason I was under the impression that it is/was "lab-made Zircon" which is softer than CZ. Obviously, I was very wrong. I found it VERY Difficult to Prepolish suitably (to get rid of scratches) and some facets simply Would NOT Polish regardless what I used or how hard I pressed the stone to the lap. I was tempted to park my car on the quill a couple times thinking that might provide the necessary pressure to affect several stubborn facets, but opted out of that plan !
PS> Without relinquishing my real name in UA-cam, I am in a FB Group where last week you replied to one of my posts which discusses the "order/sequence you use to cut and polish" which I learned only yesterday that I'm using the "OLD" method/sequence of faceting and not actually "meet point faceting". My Initials are "CM".
Hi, with CZ usually pre polish with very worn 3000 diamond topper lap. CZ can be stubborn to polish. I use a tin lap with 50,000 diamond grit. I run a lap at a medium speed. I wouldn't go to heavy on the oil either. CZ can be prone to having a orange peel effect like sapphire. With large facets, you definitely will have to put in more elbow grease to get a good polish. Cheers Cliff
Ficou lindíssima ...parabéns
Have you ever faceted Imperial Topaz and if you have do you have any suggestions?
No...Haven't faceted Imperial Topaz. Should be the same as normal Topaz though.
Hi Cliff, the computer images really show the amount of loss from cutting, if the rough was a real cube or close to a cube...What are your thoughts on that subject?
Regards,
OCHO
You always lose about two thirds of the gem material. A pre-form is best to save loss of material, but you will still a huge percentage of the original gem.
The auto-generated subtitles made me laugh, they translated "gem club" to "gym pub", seems appropriate.
Gym pub sounds good.
Wonderful:)
What is the name of the last design you faceted (on the citrine)? I've tried to look it up but I don't think I'm hearing you correctly.
Also, thank you so much for your videos! I'm a rockhound, who recently started trying my hand at lapidary arts and of the many, many artist's videos I have watched, yours are by far my favorites. You are incredibly talented and informative. Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge.
It's called a "Aphex"
Sick video as always ! Have you tried faceting amber ?
Thanks...Haven't done amber yet. It may be a bit on the soft side.
CZ is discriminated but gorgeous and sparkling
Lindas!
Thank you.
Are there asymmetrical gem designs?
Yes....Check out my video on "Free Form" gems.
you're outdoing yourself! nice slicing!
Thanks trueherbsman. More like grinding a gem than cutting though.
Good
Wouldn't silicate crystals be a natural glass structure that essentially "grows" over large periods of time ? It seems like they would be . specialist glass can contain boron and aluminum, uranium, barylium, iron, cesium, cobalt (the old and ever super lovely real cobalt blue glass containers and bottles were something I once collected as a kid . they are stunnung. Good Tanzanite has the same deep blue / violet colors the true cobalt glass had.anything else is just blue colored glass ). I have read of gems being incorporated directly into glass , such as emeralds and sapphire/corrundum ground into powder amd mixed into the silicate and other compounds to be melted until cohesive and mixable. Lead crystal is classic but idk if that is a glass either so it goes right back to my question .
I also know thst not all crystals are silicates,far from.
There is a rockhownding club in my area but they dont know much about lapidary work. While i am still learning , im at a point with geology that i know far more than the average person...coins/ numismatics too actually , i'm at the point most choose a specific subcatagory of the topics , to become an expert in that area. So should i focus on gems in generel or one single mineral type like ,once again ,tanzanite and know all i can know about it and stick with it or should i be able to know most everything about several gem types after a few years of experience? With coins do i focus down ona single thing or get the more broad picture(i know you probably dont have coin advice but hey . one never knows who collects coins)
I have ideas for as i rambled about recently in another video , a great many ideas . maybe even a few good ones. Jewelry . cutting designs i need help with, embellishments for various items. It's vast. Thats why i have my issue of what to focus on studying.
Hi there, I know very little about geology. I just focus on gem cutting and designs.
Hi can you try moldavites? Its tektit from Czech Republic
I have a piece of Moldavite. Not keen to facet it as it's looks good as a specimen.
funny how cubic zirconia looks like a cube from certain angles.
Hahahahah, you're hurting the life force of the stone. Aaaaaahahahahahahaha!
Never thought the gems had feelings. Apparently some think so.
@@VintageTimeGems I'm still cracking up about this a day later. Thanks for reminding me.
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