Megan D (@meggied90@pxlmo.com)
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This is a rutilated quartz. I am actually not very happy with my cutting of this stone, my meetpoints were not very accurate and I accidentally knocked it off the dop once, making my alignment slightly off. #lapidary #gemstones

I feel like the garnet I cut first lulled me into a false sense of security. I did myself no favors picking a more complex cut, either. Quartz is ANNOYING!

The video mercifully does not show it, but my meetpoints are absolute trash on this stone. I used way too much force and popped it off the dop when polishing my pavilion, so my girdle and my crown don’t quite align either.

I struggled heavily with the prepolish step, which in turn led to my polish taking ages. I’m currently using a Zinc+ with 8k Pandimonium which was dreamy on my garnet but the quartz was less enthusiastic about it. Am I just underestimating quartz? What do you guys use for prepolishing?

  • meggied90@lemm.eeOP
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for the advice! It seems the overwhelming theme here is I need a nice 3k lap. I might try Lightnings Laps to see how they do.

    I know I’m nowhere near this point, but how does an end-of-life lap behave? Does it just polish slower, or start to polish unevenly, or…?