How much is left after cutting a Gem?? 

I used to prefer uncut gemstones (purely for aesthetic reasons) until I was blessed with your videos. The craftsmanship, the science/math of the cut placement and process... it’s almost like magic how beautiful gems are turned into remarkable pieces of art by cutting them so that light passes through them intentionally. LOVE your work!

Please give us more of these explanatory videos in the future! they're awesome and you are great! Anyways congrats for the good work overall on the channel

As a Gem Cutter from Sri Lanka, I really appreciate your work. Great work 👍

I actually really like inclusions it makes the finished gemstone more unique and interesting than a perfectly homogeneous stone.

The deeper stones with high crowns are nice for (my particular style of) wire wrapping. It makes it easier to show the stone off without having to worry about a deep back potentially making the pendent wobbly.

I whoukd prefer...both! 🌟 I like dark coloured gem stones, but sometimes from a little far away you can't always see the color at first glance, that's why i love sometimes lighter collor's.

I'd pick the darker stone for sure. Thank you for explaining the thought process and analysis behind the cutting, its incredible how such small things have such a huge impact on how a particular stone can be treated.

Excellent videos & beautiful gems! Many thanks & greetings from Cancún, México. CM.

Thank you for the beautiful video,

Very informative video..Great job. Also very good job on placing the inclusions along the girdle line of the Amethyst Portuguese cut.

Stunning even with inclusion ! Very good skills!

7:52 It's sad that to much gemstone oftentimes had to be removed. :( But it turnes out SO GORGEOUS! I wish i could prepare gem stones like that one day...

we have a lot of kinds of gemstones do you prefer to buy it?

You Sir, made me want to start on Gemstone Cutting too!!!!

Stuart really rocks!

With regards to the Amethyst Trilliants, I prefer the darker one just for it's rich color but the lighter one with the inclusions doesn't bother me one bit. I also cut colored gemstones and have left inclusions in many of my gems for a couple reasons. One is yield, albeit less value per carat but it looks more natural. People can tell it's natural and sure they can pay much more for the same stone if it were free of inclusions but then they might as well buy some purple Glass which would look identical to it, minus the inclusions considering the refractive index of both. I try to eliminate inclusions but I don't lose sleep over it. I have cut a couple stones that IMO were enhanced by their inclusions and most people agreed. I also like to consider gemstones to be similar to the people that buy them. Even good people are flawed so why not buy a stone that reflects the reality of their personality ? A beautiful gem with some flaws for a beautiful person with some flaws. What better match can you find than that ? And that's the story I'm sticking to. !!! BTW - That inclusion is more of a "Thumbprint" inclusion rather than a Veil which is more of an unhealed crack. I recently heard that Thumbprints are most commonly found in Amethyst (for some reason) and can be found in Prasiolite (heat treated Amethyst).

very use full lesson . Highly appreciate indeed. I am also from sri lanka.

i really love colored gem stone. especially the mining part

What about those stories about how diamonds had to be struck to cut them? You know, like the advertisement that a certain car rode so smooth that a man riding in the back could cut a valuable diamond without missing the crucial point in the crystal. One false strike and the whole diamond could be ruined. Is this a true thing or just a dramatic myth?

Is that from the NT Australia

Look so fine.. I would actually choose either.. but then I have always liked shinny things! Carry on brother.. I enjoy watching you work..

Nice explanation

Hello love your show . Thank You for a great show . I would prefer the darker stone. Bye for now 😀😁😀😁😀😁😀😁😁😀😁😀😁😀😁😘😍🤗😎😎😎

Super fascinating stuff! I’ve always been fascinated with this stuff

high quality content here... impressive!

What machine are you using to sand down the gems? Beautiful work

Is there a school for becoming a gemstone cutter?

Cool video! 👍

It's a bit of a commercial question, but I wonder the difference in income between cutting a gemstone into one large gem and cutting into several small gems. Which is more profitable? If the second method is more profitable, It would be a nice way to avoid using fractured part...

Very good video. Could you tell how much is the faceting cost of rough gemstone .

Good Job Thank You From Morocco.. I am Looking For You To Give Me The Name Of The Tools You Use In You're Workspace Sir :)

Very cool. Thanks for the video

Where can I purchase lots of natural Untreated or only heated broken and/or badly cut precious semiprecious gemstones to practice my cutting at a good price

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Hi Stuart, this is a nice video.. I have a quick quastion for you in terms of the polishing process. I have a 6" cooper and when i am doing the polish always left some scratches on the facets. the lap is ne, only i have used 2 times. could you please help me to solve this problem ? thanks a lot

Which the best company to buy the disc?

Very good,thanks.

Hello I would love to get into cutting gems.Looks fun to me. I was wondering if you are self taught or took classes to master the technique. Also can this sort of hobby make a living if you enjoy alot?

Which machine do you use? Greetings from Mexico

As long as natural (nature made) gemstone then with or without inclusion. And, paying higher price for gemstone without inclusion is reasonable.

Any tips for dopping and transferring those big stones?

prefer the range of color in darker stone.

I think I have a giant amethyst, dark purple, it feels like two pounds, but I need to weigh it. My son found it in our back pasture in Texas on the surface with a rock pile. What would something like that go for? I can send pictures and video.

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Subbed and liked. Wow.

I'll always choose the one without the inclusion

Im curious, do you cut the gemstones to what jewelry designers want, or do they, design their jewelry to what you cut? Btw, Thank you for videos. Very interesting.

Darker one

Sir, recently I've been wondering... People keeps talking about black diamonds but I don't know if diamonds can actually be purely black and I can't tell about whether the google images I search for are photoshopped or real black diamonds. Since you know about stones, I was wondering if you could answer my question😅😅. As in there are different types of crystals and stones. Some are real and some are maybe artificially produced/made. *So can diamonds be naturally black? I mean, is there any rare chances of obtaining ACTUAL, REAL and pure naturally-black or grey diamonds? Or are all black diamonds artificially made?*

Just got recommended this channel by recommendation and now I am hooked with your videos. Please keep doing what you do. Is there any way to order your gems from US? @Stuart Gems

Gostaria de adquirir um conjunto completo pra lapidação,pode me ajudar com isto? Me indicando um equipamento completo pra lapidação?

Nice cutting. What machine do you use I’m trying to get one?

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I think I'm first again

Ill take non included stones over included stones no matter the size.

If it is all about percentages that is not much different than getting a 1 ct stone from a 3 ct stone. I hope for only a %50 loss but that is day-dreaming.

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