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FACETIPS – A GEM CUTTER’S NOTEBOOK
by Duncan Miller
The faceting articles published over the past few years in the Mineral Chatter have been compiled into a single 128 page document, available for download for those interested in saving all the articles together. To download the pdf file click here.
A 29,18 ct cuprite from Onganja, Namibia, cut by Duncan Miller and now in a private collection in Germany.
Posted by Site Moderator Webmaster on Thursday, March 24, 2016,
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Faceting
To reduce water spray when facet cutting at high speed, use a splash guard cut from the lid of a cheap plastic bucket, or alternatively use a trimmed-down cake fruit mix bucket when cutting girdles on a Raytech faceting machine.