Cutting my own gemstone design in Blue Topaz 

My brother what would you do if the precious stone has a defect or it broke? If that broke on me I dont know what I would do. Probably have an aneurism+heart attack and then find the person that sold it to me and send him to jesus.

I would likely accept a return on a stone that broke due to defect or fracture plane in the stone. I haven't had anyone tell me that they have broken one of my stones yet.@@Nw-zh1uq

@@MattsCornerofGemCutting Sorry I was not clear enough. I meant what would you do if the uncut stone the one you bought broke while you where trying to refine it. Not the ones you already refined.

@@Nw-zh1uq I try to purchase most of my rough in person to evaluate it myself and avoid buying rough that I think will fall apart. Sometimes I have to change up the cut mid cut if something happens. Recently I was cutting a sapphire in a hexagon cut that had a bad fractural flaw near one of the points that I worried would cause the point to break off easily. I had cut in some of the pavilion facets and the girdle at that point. I stopped and redesigned the cut to cut out that point and the opposite one. The finished cut was a slightly cushioned rectangle instead. Let's say I was cutting this design in the topaz and I dropped it while cutting it and and one of the sharp tips broke off. I would have to change the design into a cut cornered triangle to accommodate for the breakage. If it happened to break in half, I would determine if the pieces were big enough to be cut into individual stones. If not, I would set them aside and move on with a different stone and not think too much about it. Most of the time, a stone can still be salvaged from a break during the cut. I really don't have much issue with stones unless they already had some bad fractures in the rough before cutting.

@@MattsCornerofGemCutting That is very good to hear. The fact that they are salvagable most of the time is great. Thank you for the sincere answer and the valuable information. May you keep prospering both in wealth and in health.

Thank you! Gem cutting isn't a well known art. If is a fun thing to be into.

Yep, I'm in the same boat. Didn't know that gems had to be cut yesterday... now I know where to buy the equipment. All that's left is to convince the wife.

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