Absolutely - thats why its important to get stones out of their display box and look at 'em from all angles. So many of the Sri Lankan stars and cat's eyes steal my heart, but when I take a look at them, and there's and extra 80%of the stone under the girdle that was burried in cotton.... i'm like... mmmmkay no thanks. NexT!
Okay, well I officially have to watch these videos from beginning to end, first to last. Just so you know. Your videos are at the top of the algorithm. Well done.
Great to hear. We need more people who are good at cutting cabs and sugarloafs. There is a lot of mediocre work, but few people that strive for greatness it seems.
Hi Angelica, i'm glad you're enjoying my content. Depending on the qualities and colours of those stones, the prices can change massively. They may be a few hundred dollars a carat or a few thousand dollars a carat.
Well, I'm a bit confused. I thought the three main cuts were brilliant, step/emerald, and mixed/fancy. I've heard of cabochon as a shape, but not the other two.
In a world that is saturated with the diamond trade - a lot of people feel similarly to you. The (round) Brilliant cut is one of the youngest members of the cutting world in a way, and its the result of a lot of experiments by diamond cutters to maximize sparkle. Coloured stones are much less frequently cut in this way, and instead you'll see a lot more modified brilliants with the brilliant cut on the crown/top and something else on the bottom, whether thats a smaller facet type step cut, or portuguese/flower cut. Part of this is because those cuts help save weight (and colour) better than the brilliant cut does, but also they showcase the qualities of those stones better than brilliant might. "Fancy" in my view is just a catch all for styles that folks don't have names for. Anyhow - the point of it all is that there are more styles that you'll frequently see in the coloured stone market than you might in a diamond market. Cheers Brian~
Hello good afternoon. I see that you are professional. currently knows and got Red painite. like a Ruby. but of course it is not Rubí. I bought it. from Burma brings your Burmese certificate card. I don't know if it has the same value today as it was 50 to 60 thousand dollars a long time ago. you know something about prices
Painite is mostly a collector stone, so the best way to find the "real price" would be to find some rare mineral collectors and see how interested they are. Stones that aren't traded frequently are notoriously difficult to price because there aren't many market comparisons.
Gemology for Schmucks Likewise. I took them to my work. the owner of the company is a fan of gems and stones. beautiful. Out of curiosity I took them to show some colleagues and suddenly I showed them to the owner and his eyes shone and he told me to lend them to him that if they were worth something he would buy them for me. After a while I return them and not him if not through another person. saying they were just glass hahahahaha. I laughed because. I have my tools to verify. From fake stones to real stones and of course they are natural and I don't know where he took them. I imagine he thought they were Rubies because of the hardness and as the painite is less hard. true. so. another thing is that these painite have clarity they are very beautiful. that's why they are so attractive. and people who do not know about painite tend to ignore the existence of these at the moment my last action is to take them to certify GIA because I see that here the jewelers do not value the certification companies of other countries. and these are from Burma and you know that everything that happens in Burma. they are beautiful and original
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