Faceted pendant

[shivan]

I have been cutting a few stones for Phillip on this forum and have just finished cutting the last piece. It has been my biggest stone i have cut so far and my first successful oval cut. While the stone has come out nice, i think the cut may have been better suited to a smaller stone. Also have a little fiddling to do with the pendant as i over cut the stone slighly, but here are the results.

[nuggethill]

 mate 

did you find that the big stones are easier to work with ( shape and facet )

one design I'd like to try is "Balanced oval brilliant" I think it would work well with a large cutter

thanks for sharing  

Harry

[shivan]

The facets are much easier to see on larger stones, but take a lot longer to cut and polish.
I chose this cut because the stone had some gas bubbles and a few small veils, i was hoping for a nice looking cut that would let you see in the stone slightly and think it ended up working well.

Personally i think i will keep to the smaller cuts until i get some new laps. Dopping a piece of smokey quartz at the moment have not decided on a cut yet.

[phillip]

very sexy mate love it thanks

[shivan]

Posted it yesterday mate so should not be too far off.