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| This will give you a bit of an idea what it takes to find a rough and then facet the rough into a beautiful gemstone. Sorry for the quality of some of the pictures. They aren’t the best but it does give the general idea. |
 In the beginning, There was a rock, but this rock had blue in it. |  It is a nice blue. Now we have to get it out of the rock! The red flakes are not blood, just garnet fragements from previous rock breaking operations. |
 Now you can see it. |  A little better view This weighs about 9 carats, but there are a lot of flaws – inclusions – and will only result in a small stone. |
| The stone is prepared for faceting. It is ground down to remove inclusions (flaws) and to round it out. Once shaped it is attached to what is called a Dop, which is what holds the stone during the faceting process. Poof, it is Dopped! |  Cutting the Pavilion, the bottom of the stone. Cutting is done by running the stone against a diamond lap. Click here to go to the next page. Table of Contents and Page Links |
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| GalAnnie | Finds | 3 | Nov 13 2008, 12:25 AM EST by pvjjh | ||
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Where do you find your Aquamarines? We thought we would find some at Emerald Hollow, but don't think we did. My husband and I think they are nice stones, as well. Your info on faceting is very involved; we knew it wasn't an easy procedure.
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| JBare | Faceting | 1 | Mar 18 2008, 10:11 PM EDT by pvjjh | ||
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