{"id":1306,"date":"2023-11-12T18:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?page_id=1306"},"modified":"2025-10-27T19:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T00:39:06","slug":"lapidary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?page_id=1306","title":{"rendered":"Lapidary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A few of the gems and stones I’ve cut and polished for use in my jewelry…<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Clear Quartz<\/strong> from Brazil cut in a Frost Star Hex<\/i> design (6.05 carats, 12.25 mm in diameter [11 mm across the hexagonal flats]). Design by Andrew Ian Brown and published in his free PDF book “Twelve Easy Gemstone Faceting Designs – A guide for the beginner Gemcutter”<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Yellow Cubic Zirconia<\/strong> cut in Jeff R. Graham’s Graham Portuguese<\/i> design with 161 facets (13.50 carats at 11.75 mm diameter).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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An Amethyst (Quartz)<\/strong> from Brazil cut in a Charles Schlagel Quartz SRB<\/i> design (0.85 carats, 6 mm). Design appeared in an article by Charles Parsons, Gem & Minerals Magazine, March 1966.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Santa Ana Madeira Citrine (Quartz)<\/strong> cut in a Golden Steps<\/i> Emerald Cut design (0.80 carats, 5×8 mm). Design by Greg Glenn.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Citrine Quartz<\/strong> cut in a Custom Hybrid<\/i> design (2.75 carats, 9.50 mm diameter). Design by myself (crown) and Michiko Huynh (pavilion).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Sunstone (Labradorite)<\/strong> cut in a Brilliant Pear<\/i> design (1.00 carat, 7 x 8.15 mm). Design by Jeff R. Graham.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n