I just tried cutting moissanite for the first time and goodness gracious, it took forever at the prepolish and polish steps, I assume because of the mohs hardness. After spending ungodly hours on that polish I will never again complain about polishing quartz.
I know, I know - FAT GIRDLE. It doesn’t look so comically big on the dop, I swear my camera adds 0.1 mm!
7.98 mm, 2.84 cts, design is Mind Games by Arya Akhavan
Amazing! I’ve got a moissanite I’ve been keeping for a special occasion- how do you find it vs something like sapphire?
I’ve been wanting moissanite rough for a bit, and there’s a vendor who specializes in synthetic stuff who stocked this particular rough piece. I don’t want to test the boundaries of this sub’s rules but if you want to know the vendor’s name you can DM me.
As much as I profess to hate faceting it, I am low-key wanting more rough so I can cut more sparkly things 😍 foul seductress, why must thy rough be so ridiculously expensive per gram!
You can link to vendors… no issue… I just don’t want to have active solicitation for selling stones, as that adds significant overhead for validating the seller. I’ve updated the sidebar to reflect this. 😀
Also, please post the link to the vendor, as I’m looking for a good source for synthetics.
Well in that case…!
https://store.turtleshoard.com
His synthetic stocks vary but if you’re nerdy, you’ll find lots of weird and cool things to facet. I faceted the PET scan LYSO pixel for my stepmom who is a doctor and she geeked out SO hard.
This particular rough was his needled moissanite. I really want to try his dichroic next!
I have a bit that’s been sitting in my box for a while that I don’t have the guts to cut!
jjjjjooooiiiiinnnn uuuusssss (mmmmeeee) 🧟
It’s on the dop now!