Faceting Moldavite

[@bhutjolokia6990]

Beautiful job Patrick, they are awesome!! 👍😍👻🤪🌶

[@MinimaMensa]

I like seeing the issues you came up against and how you dealt with them, they all turn out so beautifully.

[@DonohueLabs]

Thank you! Yes, I think it's important to show when issues arise - and if you never run into any problems, it probably means you're not challenging yourself enough!

[@tigereye508]

That green!! The rings turned out exceptionally pretty. Thank you for sharing.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Those turned out so beautiful! Good job!!!

[@aleksimaasalo4952]

They look awesome, great video!

[@RyanWeishalla]

Those look great. Nice to see the raw and the finish gems.

[@s.maskell7134]

Wow - beautiful.

[@sonyaalgosaibi5840]

yay

[@johnsaucerhunter]

Those turned out Lovely Patrick

[@pawefilocha4421]

What is the smallest stone that can be faceted on this machine? I found some garnets and sapphires but they are around 3mm and I wonder if I can use such machine to facet them in a convenient way?

[@DonohueLabs]

The size of the stone is only limited by the size of the dop. My smallest dop has a 1.6 mm diameter tip. However, I generally avoid cutting anything smaller than ~5 mm and very rarely go down to 3 mm.

[@pawefilocha4421]

@@DonohueLabs Thank you for the answer, but can you elaborate more why you are avoiding cutting such small stones?

[@DonohueLabs]

@@pawefilocha4421 They're more fiddly in general and don't have as much interesting play of color or dispersion since they're so small. I also sell many of the stones I cut, and I can't compete with overseas cutters that produce tons of smaller stones for pennies on the dollar.

[@pawefilocha4421]

@@DonohueLabs Got it, thank you once again!

[@JT-jg8le]

What is "Many Much Moldivite"? Is that where you buy them or something?

[@DonohueLabs]

Haha no, just a silly way of saying I faceted a few. The main piece was from Kyle at World Of Rockhounds. He has a YT channel and does live sales most every weekend, and has moldavite for sale if you're looking to buy.