When Quality Gem Cutting is Important to You

Our Lapidary Shop Does Custom Gem Cutting for Jewelry Stores, Jewelry Designers, and Goldsmiths.

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Graduate Gemologist, GIA Over 20 years of experience.

sketch This web site is an on-line portfolio of the work we have done for jewelers over more than 20 years. We work with all types of gemstone materials except for diamonds. Lapidary shops that will work on difficult gem cutting jobs can be difficult to find, but as you will see, we do not shy away from them. View our portfolio, in the menu on the left side of this page, to see why so many jewelers have used our services over the years.

We post recent projects we have worked on in the "Check Out This Recent Project" section which you will see above and to the right. After posting a recent item, we move the previous ones into the categories you see listed in the menu on the left side of this page. Please feel free to contact us for a price quote on gem cutting or to answer any gemstone or jewelry related questions you may have. If we can't help you, we will refer you to someone who can. Inlays We have specialized in doing high quality inlay for many years. It is a form of gem cutting which requires special techniques to attain a very tight fit in the piece of jewelry so that no glue is showing. We are often told that it appears as though the stone was poured into the ring.

Faceting We do faceting from rough gem materials as well as repairs to faceted gemstones. We can usually duplicate gems which have been broken and need to be re-made, depending on availability of materials. Our shop is able to re-polish the crowns and pavilions of faceted colored stones and make them look like new again. Repairs and Recuts Faceted gems: Including repolishing the crowns and pavilions to make them look like new again.

Cabochons: We repair and reshape all types of cabochons.

Carvings: We re-sculpture carvings to make them look like they were never broken.

Stars: We can re-shape stars which may not have been properly shaped they were originally cut. This usually improves the star.

Top Polish Gemstone in Ring We are usually able to remove scratches or re-polish the tops of cabochon gemstones that are mounted in a ring. We are also able to re-polish the table of faceted gemstones that are mounted in a ring as long as there are no obstructions above the level of the table of the stone.

Special Cuts We do special gem cutting to your specifications to accommodate your designs. You design it and we cut it the way you want it cut. There are few lapidary shops left which do custom gem cutting.

Cabochons We do all types of cabochon cutting. Individual stones or production orders. Standard shapes or very unusual shapes. From class ring stones to bullet cabs we do them all.

Stars We have also developed a reputation over the years for being experts in cutting all types of star gem stones. From star sapphires to star ruby and star diopside to star quartz. Cats eyes We cut many forms of cats eyes, from cat's eye chrysoberyl to cat's eye tourmaline. Carving We do most kinds of gemstone carving. See our link above for examples of gem carvings we have done. Only a very few shops will do gem carving.

Fantasy Cuts We repair Munsteiner cuts and other forms of fantasy cuts. Fantasy cuts are a unique type of gem cutting which requires unique lapidary techniques to work on them. Jewelry and

Gemstone Restorations and Reproductions We are able to reproduce exotic cuts and antique one of a kind pieces that many gem cutting shops will not attempt. We have successfully done gem cutting projects which other shops have turned down. We have been able to restore intricate gem carvings originally produced by the famous shop of Cartier.

Repolish GIA Refractometer Glass After a refractometer has been used for a number of years the soft glass of the hemicylinder can get scratched and pitted which makes it very difficult to get a good reading. New refractometers are very expensive. We are able to re-polish the top surface of the glass and make them like new again.

Laser Images on Onyx We are able to put permanent white printed images on black Onyx with laser technology. See our link on the upper left of this page to see examples of what this art form looks like.

Gemstone Watch Dials Over the years we have made watch dials for a variety of watches such as Rolex, Patek Philippe, Piaget and others. We have made them from materials such as Lapis, Black Onyx, Mother of Pearl, Tiger Eye, and Dinosaur bone.

Lapidary Materials We have a large stock of the materials commonly used in our projects, so we can get right to work on most projects without having to order the required materials.X We are a full service lapidary shop!