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This #amethyst (and 39 others) was considered junk by the vendor so I bought the whole lot for dirt cheap. Half were useless, but the other half just need some trimming to find beautiful #faceting material inside. This beauty is one of them! There is only one small flaw here that I consider inconsequential: as the stone rotates away, it looks like a hair suddenly appears in the top right corner. Amethyst, 2.085 carats, design is Spellbound by Jeff Rhonemus #lapidary #gemcutting

Amethyst (unknown location), 2.085 carats, 8x1 mm x 5.8 mm, design is Spellbound by Jeff Rhonemus.

A few months back I was at a gem show, and a vendor was selling large bags of amethyst stones for very cheap, as she thought they were all unusable junk. I bought the lot and I don’t agree with the vendor - I think about half the stones do have facet material in them, they just need some trimming.

This stone is one of those “junk” amethysts, after removing the cloudy parts of it. There is one inclusion you can see in the video: as it rotates away there is a line that looks like a hair inside the top right corner. I consider it a pretty trivial inclusion, since you can barely see it straight on.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo of the stone before cutting off the cloudy parts. Here is an example of some other rocks from the bag that I think might have hidden potential too (ignore the silver sharpie on some): 9 translucent rocks ranging from clear to purple, held in someone's left palm

(Sorry not sorry for the Skyrim reference in the title, I just picked the game up again after a long hiatus and it seemed fitting.)

  • Crylos@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    6 months ago

    That’s tough as it depends on where you live. Generally I would recommend looking for a small family owned store that does custom design work and has a GIA certified on staff if possible. Look for stores that are not in big malls. Talk to them, if they feel pushy look somewhere else.