I didnt get any of them right!! I thought syth saphire, pyro family garnet, diopside - that dag gum glass!! Anyways keep up the uploads, I am just getting my feet wet in the business (trying to get to the self employed part of my life) Love the content!
Quick question/Idea for a video...I have avoided buying quartz because of how much of it is either heat treated (to make citrine) or synthetic. I can easily spot glass and large carat stones that are synthetic are way to clear and lack any color zoning....Do you have any tips for buying sub 10 carat quartz and avoiding lab created or heated- specifically citrine or amethyst?
Identifying whether quartz is natural or synthetic is very difficult, especially with stones that don't have colour zoning or inclusions and the only way to be sure is either advanced lab testing, which isn't economically viable or buying directly from source. Even large natural stones can be inclusion free and have no colour zoning, such as my 31 carat Citrine but has likely been heat treated.
Saw some of your diamond teaching videos and was wondering, how to you measure,weight calculate carats and price on Diamonds in a setting already example if in a ring.?
It is too much to explain in a comment but there is a method for doing it, I have done a short course on Diamond Grading and cover how to measure and estimate the weight of mounted Diamonds and it includes a resource sheet which might be useful www.haywoodsjewellery.co.uk/intro-to-diamonds
The first one looks like gem grade Blue kyanite
That's why you can't go on looks alone
I didnt get any of them right!! I thought syth saphire, pyro family garnet, diopside - that dag gum glass!! Anyways keep up the uploads, I am just getting my feet wet in the business (trying to get to the self employed part of my life) Love the content!
Thank you, much appreciated. Being self-employed is great and I wouldn't change it for the world but it can be annoying and stressful as well.
I got the tourmaline only by the luster and colour the first 1 did not know it was lab made
That's the thing, you never know just from looking at a picture. Good job on the tourmaline though.
Quick question/Idea for a video...I have avoided buying quartz because of how much of it is either heat treated (to make citrine) or synthetic. I can easily spot glass and large carat stones that are synthetic are way to clear and lack any color zoning....Do you have any tips for buying sub 10 carat quartz and avoiding lab created or heated- specifically citrine or amethyst?
Identifying whether quartz is natural or synthetic is very difficult, especially with stones that don't have colour zoning or inclusions and the only way to be sure is either advanced lab testing, which isn't economically viable or buying directly from source.
Even large natural stones can be inclusion free and have no colour zoning, such as my 31 carat Citrine but has likely been heat treated.
Saw some of your diamond teaching videos and was wondering, how to you measure,weight calculate carats and price on Diamonds in a setting already example if in a ring.?
It is too much to explain in a comment but there is a method for doing it, I have done a short course on Diamond Grading and cover how to measure and estimate the weight of mounted Diamonds and it includes a resource sheet which might be useful www.haywoodsjewellery.co.uk/intro-to-diamonds
Hello from a new subscriber. I’ve just completed your Udemy course on diamonds.
Hi Elizabeth and thank you for subscribing, how did you find the course?
Can You Identify My Gem I Will Send The Photo
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