Mastodawn

Megan D Mar 13, 2025

This is an Oregon sunstone and the red area inside is called “schiller”, a small pocket of copper. By keeping it in the pavilion (the back “point”) of my stone it gives the illusion that the whole stone is this color, though you can see in the second pic there are actually clear areas. Light magic!

0.78 ct, 7.00 x 5.89 mm
Design is DFW Pendeloque by Robert Strickland
#gemcutting #lapidary #faceting

Megan D Feb 28, 2025

This stone is a memorial piece for a beloved friend who loved cacti. My own design, in CZ. 11.5mm diameter and around 150 facets.

#lapidary #gemcutting #faceting #cubiczirconia

Megan D Feb 22, 2025

This is a natural #zircon. I love the whiskey brown color of it, in the sunlight it looks absolutely fiery.

2.740 ct, 7.2 x 4.6mm

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Ryan Hunt Jan 27, 2025

Super stoked to share my first stone after starting a new hobby - Gem Faceting! Not totally perfect but definitely a great starter piece. Looking forward to learning lots more about this wonderful pastime! Will post future stones as they’re cut :) #gem #faceting #hobby #meditative #shiny

Megan D Jan 17, 2025

This gem is a memorial piece for a beloved friend who passed way. She loved cacti, so the design I created is meant to represent a cactus with spines. It’s absolutely the hardest cut I’ve ever done! And also one of the prettiest.

#cubiczirconia #gemcutting #faceting #lapidary

Nerb Dec 25, 2024

Decided to try faceting an X-cube at an angle. Rather than waste the whole 20x20x20 cube I sawed it at an angle then was able to get 2 stones out of it.'
These came out wild with the x slightly below the girdle. I was able to get even more colors out..

#faceting #lapidary

Nerb Nov 19, 2024

If you own a Facetron and a 3d Printer and need an 80 tooth gear for the cost of printing it you are set. Go to thingiverse and search for facetron.

It will bring up a 80 tooth gear someone made. I printed one and used it to print a star out of quartz as a test. Was leery of using my expensive resin laps to prepolish and polish it so a CD with cerium oxide was used to finish it. Alignment was perfect so it would not have dug into a lap.

#faceting #lapidary

Nerb Nov 15, 2024

Wow!!! I like many facetors back the the 1980's bought chunks of the glass used in the Hartford Site Manhattan Project. I have 2 interior pieces left and while very soft it has an RI of 1.94 and excellent dispersion. The bright yellow color though is a turnoff for many. Also 2 pieces of the exterior windows. RI on those is only 1.54 and dispersion is similar to quartz. They were used during the production of the plutonium for the Trinity and Fat Man bombs.

I cut many a test design using it and tossed most of them. Little did I know that stuff would become highly collectable.

#lapidary #gemcutting #faceting

Megan D Jul 6, 2024

A video of the lab #sapphire moving from fluorescent light (blue) to LED (pink) and back. Please see my other post for still photos and stone details.

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meggied90 Jun 21, 2024

Taste the rainbow (but please don't actually lick this)

https://lemm.ee/post/35133964

Taste the rainbow (but please don't actually lick this) - lemm.ee

I decided to try faceting an x-cube! X-cubes are basically fancy glass, so the material itself has little value, but the crazy colors they throw around when faceted really make them a fun material to experiment with. For those curious, I oriented the X on my girdle, at 96 and 48. Here is the link to the still photo [https://assets.pxlmo.com/public/m/_v2/582936355642345081/530d83cd3-f15549/yzFwMbl8aN3K/KXYNrmmD2PSnIPCXHbOOzhndHa2g0orMO0qhf7Lc.jpg] And here’s a photo of the original material [https://assets.pxlmo.com/public/m/_v2/582936355642345081/530d83cd3-f15549/muAZJ7lxUQnB/nVN9xsFetoq2IoH3JbLktOrEJRdjEoFbbR3gQMKp.jpg] Material: x-cube (dichroic glass) Measurements: 5.990 ct, 12.47 mm x 12.41 mm Design: Heart of Nines by Robert Strickland