this week's gem becomes a very different style of cut
well welcome to my workshop this week I had technical issues again with sound
so I'm going to talk you through what's happening for some of the parts
this knobby is a cross between a normal knobby and a witch's hat knobby
it still has its usual white cap but the color bar
is thicker than most pieces I've ever seen so I'm really hoping for a high domed gem
all right pretty much
just want to see how that color looks while I clean the skin off it
there's a fair amount of sand on this side and that goes in a fair way there so
it could be something probably a good uh stone sitting there I think for the most part
you can see that color it's quite good actually it's quite a nice color in there
it's a very mossy color further down on the back
so let's hope that the color here is showing up more under there because that would be gold
I mean not literally gold but very good so I think it's that time I'm going in
there is so many inclusions in the top there
big sand spot here and that's going in a fair way
oh there we go there's a first sign of decent color right there
when I first looked at the stone with the loop and under a flashlight,
it looks so clean it looked really like there was nothing in it like an easy cut
oh I like that crystal that's beautiful crystal there
so let's hope that we get more of that because if we do we have a winner we have a winner come on
so what I've got to be really careful of is here
is all of the good pattern it's sitting on the top here and the further I go down the
smaller that pattern gets so I have to be really really careful I don't lose it
by going too far down so for those of you that didn't hear that where the good color seems to
be sitting is right where all the sand inclusions are as well so I've got a real task on my hands
to get this sand out it shows up it's always better color where the sand is wow look at that
beautiful color beautiful color so
my challenge now is that if this stone these sand spots going too deep my stone
gets reduced considerably and I can see that some of them go in a fair way so
I'm a bit concerned that I'm not gonna get the biggest
stone that I thought I was gonna get the size stone
wow look at that color
I can see much better color sitting here and lesser pattern and brightness here
what to do it's always frustrating when you've got color like that and sand in the way
it's at this point that I'm looking at the stone and devising a plan watching the pattern
watching the color and the thickness and the dome that I could possibly get
and thinking how could be the best way to make this color really
oh sing look at that color
oh wow that's magnificent crystal truly magnificent crystal color
and look how high it is look at the
oh my goodness I'm going to get a really magnificent dome on that how beautiful
yeah here's my thought what am I going to do I can get a beautiful high dime stone right there
with one side high and the other side low I really wanted to emphasize that dome so
I think it's time to slice the piece into two pieces and get that really nice high dive
so stay tuned as I do a style of cut that I've never done before
okay before you say it yes I sliced the stone into
I did waste a bigger stone but there's a reason I wanted perfect stones I'm all about perfect stones
and what I'm about to do is going to be beautiful worked out really well nice clean
it's going to be a beautiful ring stone there gorgeous rinse stone actually
and let's make it a cushion cut
if you didn't hear me over the sound of the machine I'm going to
cut a beautiful cushion cut but with a pyramid a four-sided pyramid so the dome is going to have
soft facets which I think will make the stone look absolutely beautiful
okay bear with me while I have a little bit of fun
I think i was taking a little bit of a risk doing a cut like this I think I've
only seen my father cut one maybe one or two of these stones in a shape like this and I think
i think it's going to turn out alright because the pattern seems to be showing up on those
corners and we'll get a better idea further down the track but so far it's looking good
are you seeing what I'm seeing because of these facets I'm putting in the stone
the pattern is starting to show in a criss-cross
across the peaks of each facet unbelievable I was astounded to see it happen?
this truly was turning into one of the most exciting gems I've cut in a long time and while
the color is not red on black the cut and the green and the depth is just beautiful I'm so happy
a six-carat gem on the dot with beautiful color on color amazing
amazing gem and it all came from this a beautiful thick layered witch's hat knobby
which is now worth around six thousand dollars for the gem a thousand dollars a carrot
oh and don't forget I've got the other piece as well to cut a nice little gem I appreciate
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