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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 Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Under: Lapidary
Willie Visser
has had this Botswana agate for a number of years. Recently he decided it was time
that he took the plunge to cut it, and he was amazed to find it was the most
beautiful agate he had ever owned. He has called it “The Mona Visa”.
By coincidence it is
exactly 10 years since he cut open another special agate and found a fish.