Thank you for your input, @PrecisionGem. I was hoping someone with your perspective would comment. I can only imagine how hard it would be to deal with high expectations, and certainly hadn't thought of the risk of the stone shattering.
Here's a typical example of buying parcels. I was in Africa, in Arusha and was offered this parcel. I didn't really need the parcel, but there was one large stone I wanted. The negotiated price of the single stone was so high that it didn't make sense not to take the whole parcel. Here's what's left of the parcel, I cut maybe 5 or 6 stones from it, including one a trillion shape that TL has now set into a ring. These are spessartine garnets from Tanzania, back when the find first came out.
This is the single 30 ct stone. The crown jewel of the parcel as it is much cleaner than the other stones and also larger.
Some day I should cut this one, as I have been sitting on it for 9 years now.
Those are some blue topaz. A stone with a lot of bang for your buck. I don’t cut these often, as to make it worth while I really need to cut a large stone, and I don’t like cutting large stones that much. Topaz also can be a bugger to polish sometimes.
wanted to share the OEC cut zircon, Michele of MVM gems just sent video, hers a screenshot. I think it looks great!
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