A jeweler designed and made a set of custom rings for their customer. Each ring needed 3 baguettes.
One ring needed blue Sapphires and the other ring needed yellow Sapphire baguettes. It can be very difficult to find baguettes in the exact sizes. Often times, the gemstones need to be custom faceted to fit the mounting.
They sent us 5 ovals and a pear shape Sapphire to be re-faceted to fit the openings in the rings.
You can see that we have already glued 3 of the Sapphires to dop sticks.
I am shaping the Sapphire on the faceting lap.
To fit stones into channels like this, the size of the stones needs to be very accurate. We first measure the channels very carefully with a digital calipers.
We then use the same caliper to measure the stones while shaping them. We need to be very careful to not cut them too small.
You can see that I have started polishing one of the facets on the pavilion.
You can see that I have faceted the sides of the pavilion of the yellow Sapphire baguette.
Next I need to cut the facets on the ends.
I am polishing the facets on the crown of the yellow Sapphire.
Here you can see the polishing wheel that I use for faceting.
All of the Sapphires are now the proper sise to fit the channels and are ready to be mounted.
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Denton Anderson,
Gemologist & Gem Cutter
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Graduate Gemologist, GIA, GG
Over 20 years of experience.
