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Cabbed and Faceted Gemstones

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I faceted and cabbed this gallery of gems using a Graves Mark IV faceting maching

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cabbed honey catseye apatite oval cut, tanzania
Apatite 1
Tanzania		 faceted, kite cut brown apatite, tanzania
Apatite 2
Tanzania		 faceted, oval cut green apatite, tanzania
Apatite 3
Tanzania		 faceted, rectangle cut aquamarine, nigeria
Aquamarine 1
Nigeria		 faceted, rectangle cut aquamarine, nigeria
Aquamarine 2
Nigeria
faceted, cushion rectangle cut aquamarine, afghanistan
Aquamarine
Afghanistan		 faceted, oval demantiod garnet, iran
Demantoid 1
Iran		 cabbed, pear demantiod garnet, iran
Demantoid 2
Iran		 cabbed, freeform emerald, brazil
Emerald 1
Brazil		 cabbed, freeform emerald, brazil
Emerald 2
Brazil
faceted oval emerald, columbia
Emerald 1
Columbia		 faceted rectangle emerald, columbia
Emerald 2
Columbia		 faceted oval emerald, turkey
Emerald
Turkey		 faceted orange octagonal garnet, afghanistan
Garnet
Afghanistan		 faceted trillian peridot, pakistan
Peridot
Pakistan
faceted blue oval sapphire, montana, USA
Sapphire
Montana		 faceted orange octagonal sapphire, tanzania
Sapphire
Tanzania		 faceted hot pink pear spinel, tanzania
Spinel
Tanzania		 faceted violet fan tanzanite, tanzania
Tanzanite
Tanzania		 faceted teal rectangle tourmaline,afghanistan
Tourmaline 1
Afghanistan
faceted teal fan tourmaline, afghanistan
Tourmaline 2
Afghanistan		 faceted teal rectangle tourmaline, afghanistan
Tourmaline 3
Afghanistan		 faceted orange/green rectangle tourmaline, tanzania
Tourmaline
Tanzania		 faceted blue pear zircon, cambodia
Zircon 1
Cambodia		 faceted blue trillian zircon, cambodia
Zircon 2
Cambodia
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8 Mar 2007, We added a page for faceted and cabbed Pakistan Peridot, and rough.
2 Mar 2007, We added a page for faceted and cabbed Afghan Garnet, and rough.
1 Mar 2007, We added a page for faceted and cabbed Emerald from Columbia, crystals, and Tripache Emerald.


I have been in lapidary work since the early 1990's. I began with cabochons, cutting blood stone, agates, amethysts. I cabbed sapphires and emeralds. When that was not challenging enough for me I bought my faceting machine and taught myself the art of faceting. Beginning with quartz, glass, and synthetic corundum (sapphire and ruby) as well as synthetic spinel and beryl (Chatham emerald). As I gained more experience I moved into natural gems: garnets, spinels, tanzanite, tourmaline, sapphire, emerald. I spent quite a bit of time at any mineral show searching for something unique and affordable.
In the late 1990's I turned my hobby a different direction to create two US patents: 5,748,389 and 5,917,655 [the prism]; I faceted the prototypes myself.