So I’ve never cut one of these before, and frankly I’m not sure how it would turn out.

Let me know your guess!

(I should have a new stone finished this weekend which I’ll share Monday.)

  • @CrylosOPM
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    41 year ago

    No guesses… the answer is calcite.

    Just trying to drive traffic and interaction. I guess most like the pretty stuff. 😂

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I was truly stumped by this one! I’m really curious to see what you facet from it though, you don’t see many calcite gems. Please share if/when you try!

      • @CrylosOPM
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        21 year ago

        Will do! Thinking I might try cutting a piece off of that next week.

    • @Dyntrall
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      11 year ago

      I’ve never really thought what calcite would look like faceted - I’m interested in the results! The softness must make it really hard to do the final polish?

      • @CrylosOPM
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        31 year ago

        From what I’ve read it’s actually the perfect cleavage planes that cause the most issues. The gem can fracture while cutting. 😟

        • @Dyntrall
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          1 year ago

          Faceting on hard mode - good luck!