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My first scapolite, in Trioptic Blast by Andrew Brown. I was expecting a lot more trouble with this, due to cleavage planes, but it was actually a joy to cut

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[–] Crylos@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

ooooo I like that cut.. that came out great! What was the design you used? I have a largish peach morganite that's in the form of a triangular prism, and am debating a large cut, or cutting the stone in slices and doing a matching set of trillion cuts.

Been too busy with real life to cut much right now, am hoping to start back up in a week or so.

edit: I should have read the post description about the design. 😜

[–] Dyntrall@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's Trioptic Blast, from this free book: https://facetingdesigns.com/beginnerbook/ I wanted to do something very simple for a stone I'm not used to cutting, and it came out way better than it should!

[–] meggied90@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I'm working my way through Andrew Brown's cuts right now myself, and this one is on my list! Your stone is stunning, I'm even more excited to try this shape out now.

[–] Dyntrall@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's a super fun cut to do!