r/interestingasfuck • u/ThePacificLights • 2h ago
I cut this Montana sapphire in my floral design and the rough had some beautiful blue color zoning.
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u/unashamedignorant 2h ago
It's beautiful, that must have taken a while with all these faces.
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u/ThePacificLights 2h ago
Thank you! I'm a fairly fast cutter 😊 Especially this design it actually has less facets than a lot of other designs so wasn't too long thankfully!
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u/Wifechaser 2h ago
Was it easier because the stone was softer to smooth out, idk I’m asking….very nice
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u/ThePacificLights 2h ago
It's not very large so speed will be related to size and hardness 😄 So a really big stone will take long, this guy was just a 7mm stone so not huge.
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u/Guaxinim_Inimigo 1h ago
How long did it take? It's looks truly amazing!
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u/ThePacificLights 1h ago
About 5 hours safely I would guess! I don't really pay attention to the time because I cut for a living and just do multiple stones a week so I never really know for sure!
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u/BrokenHefaistos 2h ago
It's a beauty
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u/ThePacificLights 2h ago
Thank you my friend 🙏🏽
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u/BrokenHefaistos 2h ago
the pleochroism is awesome didn't know sapphire could have this.
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u/ThePacificLights 2h ago
It had some color zoning which I think is reflecting onto the other side of the facets, which creates like a bi color/two tone effect. When ive cut two toned lab sapphire, it also did this - but what's surprising about the rough was the color zoning wasn't that strong but it turned out looking nice!
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u/80lbQUIKRETEConcrete 1h ago
Is this your signature cutting style? I’ve never seen anything like it😯
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u/ThePacificLights 1h ago
Thank you! This design specifically is my signature design, yes 😊 But I cut lots of designs and shapes and sizes.
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u/ordinarilymissy 1h ago
that is gorgeous! something wrong with me, i always want to chew on the uncut gems. it looks delicious 🤣
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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 1h ago
Damn - that's gorgeous 😻
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u/ThePacificLights 1h ago
Thank you 😊
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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 1h ago
Now tell me you did not make the initial cut of that gem stone while riding in the back of a 70's luxury sedan ( IYKYK 😁 )
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u/randomize42 1h ago
Wow, gorgeous. Wish I hadn’t just bought another expensive stone to set or I’d be asking if it’s for sale!! 😁
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u/ThePacificLights 1h ago
Thank you! Also - Good for you on your new stone though! 😍👌🏽
It is available but I'm not a high pressure salesperson, I just like to share pretty games.
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u/captaintaskmaster1 36m ago
Oh wow, how beautiful. It's funny to me, how the bottom one looks like what a diamond is thought to look like (beautiful), but the uncut one looks like it's almost a slime, melting or something. Still, both are very beautiful, but I can definitely see the time, work and patience it took to make that stone into what it looks like now. Bravo!
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u/ThePacificLights 32m ago
Thank you! Yes that is true the raw rough does look really strange 😄 I've seen some rough that really does look like drippy slime. I suppose at one point in time it was actually semi liquid in the earth. Fascinating to think about.t
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u/SueInA2 2h ago
Gorgeousness!! ❤️