I recently recut a large zircon for a client. He was not satisfied with the performance of the zircon. As you can see in the before pictures on the left, the pavilion of the stone was very sloped. The stone looked dead because of this feature, so we agreed to recut the pavilion of the [...]
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I had the pleasure lately of being selected to recut a very nice cuprian tourmaline. These tourmaline are often heat treated to get the pariaba color that is so sought after in tourmaline. The stone was not cut well and had a very large window in the stone. The customer also did not like the [...]
I was able to obtain a large Mahenge spinel crystal weighing 30.50 carats recently. The piece had a crack running through part of the stone that required the crystal to be cut into two separate pieces. I have not done much sawing of crystals in the past and with a crystal this size I wanted [...]
Last night I was able to meet Mike Kolesar a local lapidary in Fargo who does a lot of work with cabochons. Mike and I got together to saw a 30.5 carat piece of Mahenge Spinel and after we had completed that job he offered to have me cab a stone. Since I have never [...]
I usually get a couple of requests for gemstone cutting each week. There are a few things I need to know when I am trying to estimate a price for gemstone cutting services. These items are listed below with explanations. 1. Type of gemstone – certain gemstones take a longer time to cut and polish [...]
Hello, my name is Jim Rentfrow and I wanted to welcome you to the new Flawlessfacets.com. Flawless Facets is your one stop shop for all your gemstone cutting and repair needs. I have been providing gemstone cutting services since 2005 and facet different types of gemstones such as: Montana and African sapphire, Oregon sunstone, garnets, [...]
