Right! I know! Anything that comes from the ground with such precision is desireable. Then a man takes it, appreciates it, and crafts it for his liking. Amazeing.
Stuart Hollingsead yes but a ruby has a crystalline form as it’s molecules arrange themselves perfectly. Jasper is less elaborate as it forms in bulk pattern. As far as cut stones, I agree with you 100% but you can’t ignore the original beauty a naturally faceted ruby or any gem for this fact, bestows on its discoverer. I like em raw and natural. I would rather a natural facet over a man made facet pattern unless the natural form is flawed. These are my opinions take care and be kind to one another
@Stuart Hollingsead only ill informed actually believe its just that. there is more value, look at the hardness, its harder. a diamonds brilliance is generally better. they are rarer. they also have more uses as well,. diamond is used in lots of cutting applications. etc etc. also they have uses in lasers and such as they work different than quartz etc etc. (rubys do as well) they each have dif purposes.
Now I begin to understand the value on some of these things … 30.5 hours, over a 3 week period. That's a lot of time and work, and no minimum wage earners work either.
This is a really transformative cut for common quartz. Usually quartz just comes out looking like cut glass, but this cut really takes advantage of its superior refractive index and really makes it glitter, even if it isn't a stone known for any kind of fire. Lovely.
I dont know why this was a suggestion to watch for me, but I can say, this is impressive. Not only you show how its done, you also show that this is hard work thats worth its efford. Good craftsmanship here, well done!
Excellent work. Loved the finished product. I have always enjoyed working with my hands and take a lot of pride in my work. That is probably why I get so little done.
I did not know that Quartz could produce those flashing colors after it's been cut like that ! Amazing ! Just like a cut Diamond. I guess this is what's possible from a Master Jewler. Thanks for the video.
May I encourage you to continue to follow your heart in this Pursuit. You have a wonderful Talent and great passion to create works of art. Thank you for sharing. God bless.
I have been Faceting today and have just transfer dopped a full day worth of Pavillions. I love having these Gemstone orientated videos, while I Ffacet. Next I’m going to get one of those Ceramic/Zircon Polishing Laps. So much better than running out of 50,000Mesh Diamond Dust. Love the skills.👏🏼
I've watched thousands of videos on youtube...anywhere from spearfishing blue marlins to bush pilots landing next to streams in rural alaska....this is by far the coolest most brilliant video !....very well edited...thank you !
Thank you very much , when i started doing these videos in april last year i was a rank beginner at making and editing videos, i have improved my skills somewhat, the editing program i use is lower end in simplicity but it runs pretty well on my old slow lap top pc. Enjoy the continuing and up coming videos.
Wow! What a beauty! I really enjoyed your video! I am getting close to retirement and I want to learn about things like this to keep my creative juices going! thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks very much, although i had a lot of comments regarding how i destroyed a beautiful natural crystal which i understand that point of view , i thought about that myself long and hard before i started the cutting process.
This has always interested me since I was a young man. I wish i had been able to attend a school on jewelry production and gem cutting. Im still tempted to buy a cutting wheel and get into the art of shapping gems.
Show meu primeiro professor youtuber olhei teu vídeo 3 vezes converti esse diagrama pra minha catraca rosa chinesa oitavada e fiz esse corte numa Ágata cornalina clara. Tá top meu professor de lapidação. Aguardo mais vídeos seus
Brent Knowlton I just watched it, what made you think about using tv glass? It turned out so well. I also liked how you showed your setup. I didn’t know they made smaller machines. Thanks again.
Liz kb, i just happened upon the material at a gem show and i have cut different types of glass before so i new it would work, i had heard this type would cut a nice stone, i asked the price and the vendor said take it its free. I was attracted to its size knowing i could cut a large stone from it. Thanks
Thanks , ive got another large one coming up in a future video, im still in the process of cutting it. its cut is a little different than this portuguese cut .
just an apprentice jeweler at this point, never did anything but cutting cabochons in school, fascinating to watch this as with such a large stone i can actually see what the hell he's doing! very cool
Random: the ringing sound is from the particular lap disc im using at the time. It is a solid steel lap and the others are aluminum or plastic backed , they don't ring but the steel does. for some reason I couldn't respond to your direct comment.
Hello, I was gifted a ruby corundum had like a walnut exterior with sediment or sand raised off the stone with few metallic flakes and some exposed clusters of red. I have never worked with this material it was very hard but i managed to smooth it out with some what of a pre faceted shape i only wasted 3 grams from the original 23 gram stone. I can now look inside with a torch and see the ruby all around it. from the research i did looks to have twinning and feathering going on inside wouldn't know what approach i should take. Is there anyway I can cut and polish this without proper lap equipment. its like 100 carats at the moment looks like a smooth grape with faceted panels rounded edges though the transparency is only there with a torch or just a bit on the butt of the stone without. I have no prior experience and have had trouble finding anyone online explaining how to work this stone. when i say hard i mean i had no idea till the next day and my elbows felt like they got hit by a truck.
@@nit2winit11 i applaud you for what you have done so far by hand. The only way to really cut and polish it is with diamond discs and polish and that would be impossible with out machines. This material is so hard a machine is about the only way. You might check with your local gem club in a nearby city, they could probably cut it for you.
Appreciate you. I'll hold on to it till I have the means to acquire the appropriate equipment. I enjoy cutting, I have mostly worked on opal so this was something that I found to be a great challenge in comparison. I enjoy viewing your content thanks again.
I loved watching and it turned out so well! Might I just suggest perhaps using a coloured text with the comments - I really wanted to read but sometimes there was white in the background that made some words imperceptible. Thanks for posting your work :)
zoe trope, thanks for your comments. I realize the white text is a definate problem. I have tried to correct this but the editing program i use (windows moviemaker) doesnt not give any color choices but white. Im looking into using a different program soon that is much more advanced.
Awesome, watched the video all the way through. Very entertaining! I have a large chunk of Quartz ive been contemplating to do this with, perhaps ill finally start this week. thanks for the inspiration
I'm not even into jewels or jewelry, but DAMN this is a pretty stone! And so much time went into it, wow! I thought it was a faster process to cut gems....
Incredible work there, learned a lot (never knew anything about gem cutting) Love the look of that quartz in the sun light, looks almost like it's not there then all the sparkles
Agradeço por compartilhar seu vídeo. Sempre tive curiosidade em saber como lapidar um cristal. Aos que o criticam por desperdiçar um cristal natural, saiba que existe um conhecimento antigo e esquecido de transformar cristais brutos e naturais em ferramentas de curas conforme a sua lapidação. O natural sempre pode ser melhorado. Boa sorte com seu trabalho!
I would have much appreciated that you shine polarised light through the crystal to discover what happens... When Quartz crystals are processed into the sorts of quartz crystals used in electronics, polarised light is used to determine which cuts to make...
More beautiful than any diamond!
I hope that one day people will stop looking at price and appreciate work of craftsman!
Right! I know! Anything that comes from the ground with such precision is desireable. Then a man takes it, appreciates it, and crafts it for his liking. Amazeing.
Stuart Hollingsead yes but a ruby has a crystalline form as it’s molecules arrange themselves perfectly. Jasper is less elaborate as it forms in bulk pattern. As far as cut stones, I agree with you 100% but you can’t ignore the original beauty a naturally faceted ruby or any gem for this fact, bestows on its discoverer. I like em raw and natural. I would rather a natural facet over a man made facet pattern unless the natural form is flawed. These are my opinions take care and be kind to one another
@Stuart Hollingsead only ill informed actually believe its just that. there is more value, look at the hardness, its harder. a diamonds brilliance is generally better. they are rarer. they also have more uses as well,. diamond is used in lots of cutting applications. etc etc. also they have uses in lasers and such as they work different than quartz etc etc. (rubys do as well) they each have dif purposes.
FieldSweeper, that is also what he was using to grind the stone, diamond laps.👍
Now I begin to understand the value on some of these things … 30.5 hours, over a 3 week period. That's a lot of time and work, and no minimum wage earners work either.
This is a really transformative cut for common quartz. Usually quartz just comes out looking like cut glass, but this cut really takes advantage of its superior refractive index and really makes it glitter, even if it isn't a stone known for any kind of fire. Lovely.
Yes, its a great cut , in person its better even.
I now have a much greater respect for the artists and the time that goes into a stone
Yeah. I don't do a job for less than $15/hr. Much respect to these artists
you spend more time adjusting than faceting
Only a great artist like him can see the very subtle differences between the color of the text and the background video. Awesome.
I dont know why this was a suggestion to watch for me, but I can say, this is impressive. Not only you show how its done, you also show that this is hard work thats worth its efford. Good craftsmanship here, well done!
thanks , im glad you can appreciate the work that goes into a very large stone.
Great job, you have magic hands
Thanks so much.
Portuguese cut really is my favourite. It makes any stone shine so brightly ♡
Yes , one of mine too. I hope to cut another one in cubic zirconia before too long.
So blingly
I don't know how TH-cam thought it would be a good idea to recommend this video to me, but I'm glad it did!
thank you.
For people who love Gemology and watching it being made it's inspiration, best break down video so far 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
thank you very much.
Your welcome so many facets and clear when seeing through, fascinated by gems love them.
What a fine Master Gem Cutter you are! That stone is FANTASTIC!
Well, im working on becoming master certified but not yet. Thanks for watching.
I want her in my collection. I'm a quartz crazy lover for over thirty years. Also have many other gemstones can't get enough. Just beautiful.
Mahusay, at maganda ang yari. Mabuhay ka, magaling Kang manggagawa.
Excellent work. Loved the finished product. I have always enjoyed working with my hands and take a lot of pride in my work. That is probably why I get so little done.
I did not know that Quartz could produce those flashing colors after it's been cut like that !
Amazing ! Just like a cut Diamond. I guess this is what's possible from a Master Jewler.
Thanks for the video.
ha , im far from a master my friend. Quartz can produce a brilliant stone. Thanks for watching.
wow, now that´s something i didnt knew, i can now appreciate the work it takes to polish a stone.
The most enjoyable TH-cam video I’ve seen in .... forever
Beautiful
Thanks very much
May I encourage you to continue to follow your heart in this Pursuit. You have a wonderful Talent and great passion to create works of art. Thank you for sharing. God bless.
I have been Faceting today and have just transfer dopped a full day worth of Pavillions. I love having these Gemstone orientated videos, while I Ffacet. Next I’m going to get one of those Ceramic/Zircon Polishing Laps. So much better than running out of 50,000Mesh Diamond Dust. Love the skills.👏🏼
Just the right size for a tie tack.Portuguese cut is beautiful.
Quartz seems so underrated. A beautiful piece.
Thank you
I've watched thousands of videos on youtube...anywhere from spearfishing blue marlins to bush pilots landing next to streams in rural alaska....this is by far the coolest most brilliant video !....very well edited...thank you !
Thank you very much , when i started doing these videos in april last year i was a rank beginner at making and editing videos, i have improved my skills somewhat, the editing program i use is lower end in simplicity but it runs pretty well on my old slow lap top pc. Enjoy the continuing and up coming videos.
quarz is such a beautiful and powerful gem. I love quartz
I can see why man has always been enchanted by crystals. Lovely job!
Love, love, love Portuguese cut!!!
I've never seen such a sparkly gem! This magpie is in love 😍
Thanks, this cut is one of the most brilliance producing gem designs made.
I got no idea why this was in my recommended videos! but thanks youtube! :)
I need one of these in my life. Beautiful work
*_[THIS, THIS IS SICK! IT'S BRUTAL AND GRUESOME AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO WATCH! THIS WILL BE REPORTED TO THE DIAMONDS IMMEDIATELY, Trust me!]_*
yes a very nice crystal got massacred. I ve had quite a few complaints about it.
Is that supposed to be funny?
Your videos are very relaxing to watch. I could see myself getting into this.
absolutely excellent lapidary work, best I have seen in a long time.
thanks very much
You have the patience of a saint and an eye of an eagle...
Thanks, the patience is there but the eyes need help to see some of the small facets i cut.
It would look great in a gemology museum.
Wow! What a beauty! I really enjoyed your video! I am getting close to retirement and I want to learn about things like this to keep my creative juices going! thanks for sharing your knowledge!
thank you, I hope you decide to take up lapidary.
the end result with this happy song made me smile. I love it!
Thanks very much.
Voce me inspirou muito a 2 anos atras te adotei como meu professor de lapidacao do youtube tmj
WOW! Such a beautiful work of art!. Amazing creation. You are gifted.
Thanks very much.
Absolutely fascinating. It's like straight up witchcraft to me even when you explain step by step how you do it
Glad you liked it. No magic involved .
Definitely a craft...master-craft
This was really helpful. I'm considering learning to facet gems. Great cut (and size) to show on video. Thanks!
thank you, i hope you get started.
Why was this in my recommended videos? I'm also still wondering why I watched the whole thing. I like it though, You're crazy talented, my dude.
Because youtube knew you'd like it. It just knows
Nice piece. I had never seen that done before. I had envisioned something quite different.
thanks very much.
Wow that is so amazing words cannot explain how magnificent that turned out. You turned a quarts crystal into a beautiful piece of art.
Thanks very much, although i had a lot of comments regarding how i destroyed a beautiful natural crystal which i understand that point of view , i thought about that myself long and hard before i started the cutting process.
Gems by mbk there a millions of quarts crystals all over this world in natural form and yes they’re beautiful. But now it is showing its true beauty .
@@Godluvs1000Thanks , i believe so too.
This has always interested me since I was a young man. I wish i had been able to attend a school on jewelry production and gem cutting. Im still tempted to buy a cutting wheel and get into the art of shapping gems.
Excellent work on cutting the stone.
Omg I’m literally speechless. You’re incredible. Wow I could watch your videos all day long. I wish I could do what you do. Simply beautiful!
Thanks very much, i think most people can learn faceting . You need to have the desire and much patience and the time .
Nice machine and work ...
Wow such an amazing and precise job!!
Thank you .
Nice cut!, looks amazing!, well done!.
Thanks very much, i dont do these big ones very often as they wear out the laps and take so much time to cut.
this is really beautiful
Show meu primeiro professor youtuber olhei teu vídeo 3 vezes converti esse diagrama pra minha catraca rosa chinesa oitavada e fiz esse corte numa Ágata cornalina clara. Tá top meu professor de lapidação. Aguardo mais vídeos seus
Magnificent work. What a fabulous gem.
thank you.
I think this is my favorite cut for a gem, you did a great job...
Liz kb, thank you very much. I just finished a smaller one and published it today.
Brent Knowlton I just watched it, what made you think about using tv glass? It turned out so well. I also liked how you showed your setup. I didn’t know they made smaller machines. Thanks again.
Liz kb, i just happened upon the material at a gem show and i have cut different types of glass
before so i new it would work, i had heard this type would cut a nice stone, i asked the price and the vendor said take it its free.
I was attracted to its size knowing i could cut a large stone from it.
Thanks
Jade your opening up now that's cool
Nice job and a great cut for large stones
Thanks , ive got another large one coming up in a future video, im still in the process of cutting it. its cut is a little different than this portuguese cut .
Fascinating....play on words not intended.
wow!!! so many questions...just wow!! amazing work
Thank you
just an apprentice jeweler at this point, never did anything but cutting cabochons in school, fascinating to watch this as with such a large stone i can actually see what the hell he's doing! very cool
thanks for watching
316 grams! 😎
(For you americans, thats about 12 feet/77 fahrenheit.)
Good one:-)
Isn't that equivalent to approx. 3 gallons?
316 grams? So not enough to stop the advance of Nazi Germany, or get to the moon. Okay cool, just making sure. K Thx
@@lucuix9901 Americans gave nazis job XD NASA etc XD
For us, Americans you are full of you know what.
lovely work. That is an amazing stone. I'm sure many people would not know the difference between that and a diamond.
Thank you
This is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. One day I hope I'm going to be able to do this.
Thanks i hope you do.
Bellissimo lavoro 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Absolutely beautiful, thanks for sharing.
Thanks, i got some flak for cutting up the beautiful crystal but its not something im doing everyday.
Beautiful! Great work! The gem is stunning!
Thank you.
Random: the ringing sound is from the particular lap disc im using at the time. It is a solid steel lap and the others are aluminum or plastic backed , they don't ring but the steel does. for some reason I couldn't respond to your direct comment.
Hello, I was gifted a ruby corundum had like a walnut exterior with sediment or sand raised off the stone with few metallic flakes and some exposed clusters of red. I have never worked with this material it was very hard but i managed to smooth it out with some what of a pre faceted shape i only wasted 3 grams from the original 23 gram stone. I can now look inside with a torch and see the ruby all around it. from the research i did looks to have twinning and feathering going on inside wouldn't know what approach i should take. Is there anyway I can cut and polish this without proper lap equipment. its like 100 carats at the moment looks like a smooth grape with faceted panels rounded edges though the transparency is only there with a torch or just a bit on the butt of the stone without. I have no prior experience and have had trouble finding anyone online explaining how to work this stone. when i say hard i mean i had no idea till the next day and my elbows felt like they got hit by a truck.
@@nit2winit11 i applaud you for what you have done so far by hand. The only way to really cut and polish it is with diamond discs and polish and that would be impossible with out machines. This material is so hard a machine is about the only way. You might check with your local gem club in a nearby city, they could probably cut it for you.
Appreciate you. I'll hold on to it till I have the means to acquire the appropriate equipment. I enjoy cutting, I have mostly worked on opal so this was something that I found to be a great challenge in comparison.
I enjoy viewing your content
thanks again.
@@nit2winit11 Thanks very much.
Portuguese cut is very technical beer to you!!! from another gem faceter
Yes, i have to be really careful when cutting these big ones, no daydreaming.
Gorgeous work sir. Truly stunning.
thank you
Beautiful craftsmanship
thank you
I loved watching and it turned out so well! Might I just suggest perhaps using a coloured text with the comments - I really wanted to read but sometimes there was white in the background that made some words imperceptible.
Thanks for posting your work :)
zoe trope, thanks for your comments. I realize the white text is a definate problem. I have tried to correct this but the editing program i use (windows moviemaker) doesnt not give any color choices but white. Im looking into using a different program soon that is much more advanced.
@@tennpikr74 does it also give you the option to add apostrophes in the text too?
Yes it does give that choice. I have corrected the white dissapearing subtitles in the videos that have followed.
@@ChazCharlie1 yes it does, i know my grammar isnt the best.
Brent Knowlton, you can try adding black outline to the text so it fit on any background color
Awesome, watched the video all the way through. Very entertaining! I have a large chunk of Quartz ive been contemplating to do this with, perhaps ill finally start this week. thanks for the inspiration
Thanks very much, it was a real challenge.
Great job mate ,beautiful stone you found inside that chunk of quartz.
thanks very much, there was natural beauty in the rough crystal, but i was able to unlock more .
You have a great talent. The result was superb. I loved watching the video.
thanks very much
Nice job on that stone.
Amazing work!
Great video! But please, put in some contrast with your subtitles. I had a hard time reading them :(
A smart t.v. shows everything!
I'm not even into jewels or jewelry, but DAMN this is a pretty stone! And so much time went into it, wow! I thought it was a faster process to cut gems....
Thanks, I wasn't sure myself that it would be so sparkly when finished. These big ones do take a lot of time.
Oh my God! This is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!
thanks very much, i kind of hated to destroy the natural crystal but i think of it this way, i unlocked the hidden beauty in the stone.
@@tennpikr74 You turned it into something more beautiful and only enhanced it's natural qualities! Wow is all I can say!
Exquisite ! Great job 👍🏾👍🏾
thank you.
Thank you so much for the video it takes a lot of time and efforts to finish
thank you , yes it did.
Very beautiful!
Wonderful job, congrats!!!!
Thanks very much.
Nice I need that as a ring or a pendent fabulous
Shine on you crazy quartz
great work and great patience
Thank you
Great job with keeping the window to a minimum on that quartz. That thing must have felt like a marathon to cut.
Thanks, it was a marathon cut , these big ones i have to spread out over 3 or 4 weeks and take breaks from them. thanks for watching.
Excellent work! Talk about patience... By the way, white letters with a black outline works on almost everything
thank very much.
Just beautiful! Great stone!
Thanks very much
The patient's one should have to do this type of work is unbelievable
Nice job. I am learning in here . 🔥🔥
Great, hope these help.
Incredible work there, learned a lot (never knew anything about gem cutting)
Love the look of that quartz in the sun light, looks almost like it's not there then all the sparkles
Thanks , my main aim in these videos was to show how its done to folks who might not ever know .
Agradeço por compartilhar seu vídeo. Sempre tive curiosidade em saber como lapidar um cristal. Aos que o criticam por desperdiçar um cristal natural, saiba que existe um conhecimento antigo e esquecido de transformar cristais brutos e naturais em ferramentas de curas conforme a sua lapidação. O natural sempre pode ser melhorado. Boa sorte com seu trabalho!
obrigado
Maravilloso 😲 congrAtulations you are a master 👍🏼
this is amazing. makes me want to get back on the bench.
It turned out wonderfully, but man, it almost hurts seeing that awesome raw crystal get cut haha
Does it really?
oooohhhhh I never knew gem quality quartz can sparkle like this!
Yes, when cut correctly quartz is very nice.
great job. last time I seen a stone that size it hade few facets and winnowing up the but. you did a great job and took the time do do thing right.
Thanks, the portuguese works well on these large stones.
Nice one 👍
Wow! Verry beautiful.
Thank you sam.
I would have much appreciated that you shine polarised light through the crystal to discover what happens... When Quartz crystals are processed into the sorts of quartz crystals used in electronics, polarised light is used to determine which cuts to make...
I'm fascinated...!
Absolutely beautiful
Thanks ashlie.
He's got the eye for detail! Impressive :)XOXO