To celebrate a year of doing the most expensive hobby ever, I tried my hand at doing a Portuguese cut. Sadly the veils weren’t obvious until I started cutting, but I hate throwing things away so I just followed through to the end. Design is Round Portuguese Cut by Justin K. Prim, in amethyst

  • Crylos@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, it’s tough. My son has started to get into cutting… which is cutting into my cutting time. 😂 He cut a tourmaline this weekend, and neither of us noticed some of the inclusions until he was polishing. Didn’t affect the stone’s look.

    Nice job on this!

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      1 year ago

      Cheers! This was another gem show bargain bucket, aimed at new agers, find. I can’t complain too much for the amount I paid!