Monday, September 1, 2008

Citrine Standard Round Brilliant

My 4th stone. Started as an oval, poorly cut, which I bought in Korea in 1981. Kept it all these years because I'm a packrat.

Took forever to 'round' the stone, but once I had it, the rest of the pavilion went fast. But the crown...arhggggg! I had to use -5 on the cheater, because the table wasn't on plane, nor were any of the crown facets. So I spent 6hrs doing a 3hr job. But it came our pretty nice, and experience can't be bought, only earned...




Now hang on while I get around to re-cutting the amethyst, to cure the fish-eye.

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