I cut the Montana Sapphire that my daughter found after getting it heat treated

[@ponderrosie4975]

I couldn't help but think since his daughter found this sapphire, how marvelous it would be to set it in a ring for her to wear- especially for her wedding, something blue!

[@mollyv8b705]

That is a beautiful idea!!!!

[@birdlover7776]

Yes😊

[@kirkstewart-vf6hg]

Beautiful stone .

[@JGAcquiesceNZ]

An old stone, in a new ring, borrowed from the earth, and as blue as the sky.

[@Mantreaus]

Your daughter will cherish that beautiful work of Natural Art combined with your talent, her luck in finding it, and just plain ole Dad gifts getting her out in nature and showing where the real gems come from.

[@blueStarKitt7924]

Absolutely!! Maybe she will wear it on a necklace or a ring?🙂❤️

[@silvergirl7810]

How sweet that your daughter found it and that you cut it for her- omg! 💙 you could mount it in a ring 💍 for when she’s older - it would be so special 💙

[@katharinatrub1338]

How beautiful this sapphire has turned out! and how happy and proud your little Daughter must be to have a Stone she found her self and Daddy cut it!! I like your cut, it feels to me like a little Flower of 'Forget-me-not'.

[@IsaiahErickson-b8d]

That is one beautiful cut for you daughters gem.

[@myronman3]

i always wondered how these were cut. your video popped up in my feed....and i enjoyed watching the video immensely. thank you!

[@dfuss2756]

I have always loved Montana sapphires. My husband gave me a bracelet of them. It is one of my most treasured items.

[@meiraloraduncan8953]

Your daughter found a gorgeous sapphire which was made more meaningful because you cut it for her. It will become a treasured piece of jewelry that she can hand down to her future children. The story behind how she found it and how you cut it will add not only to the story of how she found it, but to make it more meaningful and special because her father cut it so that it could be set in a ring or other piece of jewelry adds to its history and why it is so special. When I was 7 years old my Aunt Carol ,who is my Dad's older sister and who I'm named after, had a special ring made for me. She had a diamond from her engagement ring set into a special ring that she had made for me. I was completely surprised and a bit overwhelmed by such an amazing and meaningful gift. I treasured it and I never took it off. One night after dinner my two younger sisters and I were going to take a bath before going to bed. Dad told me to put the ring on his dresser before getting in the bathtub. It was the last time I saw my ring. I had forgotten to go get it after getting out of the bathtub and it was a day or two before I remembered to go get it only to discover that it wasn't where I had placed it. I immediately went to ask Dad about it thinking that he might have put it in a safe place, but he was just as surprised and shocked that it wasn't where I had put it and where he had seen it that night. He removed everything from the top of his dresser and then he went through each drawer and it was gone. I cried buckets full of tears because I was crushed that it had been lost/taken from me. I still have the ring box to came in. Many years later Dad told me what he thought had happened with my ring. He thought that one of my older siblings had taken it in order to buy drugs because they were drug addicts. The diamond was a half caret and virtually flawless. He made me promise not to tell my Aunt that it had disappeared because she would have tried to replace it which would have been quite expensive given the size and quality of the diamond. I was crushed by its disappearance as it had been the most special gift that I had ever been given up to that point in my life. I still don't know for sure which of my siblings took it because I have 7 siblings and two of them couldn't have done it because my brother had passed away before I was born and the other one was married and hadn't been in the house for 9 months and most of the other siblings were to little to have taken it and done anything with it. Plus they didn't become drug addicts until they were much older.

[@roseannecarratkinson4271]

That sapphire turned out sooo gorgeous!

[@rissviewer]

Your daughter must be so proud of both of you. Beautiful gem.

[@blueStarKitt7924]

Yes.🙂❤️

[@brianj812]

Love my MT Sapphires. Loved cutting them into round Brillant even more. The ideal of taking something out of the dirt and faceting them is pure therapy.

[@dinalou8827]

Wow! The colour from the Final Cut is stunning, and the visible colour zoning through the pavilion is a beautiful feature. I’d love to see this through my loupe.

[@amandaamendola27]

Wow!!! Amazing cut I love the hexagon shape.

[@valeriemcclelland8120]

This makes me want to go back to North Carolina to mine for gems again! You did awesome work in cutting and polishing the stone...😊

[@MattsCornerofGemCutting]

Thank You! I love going out and finding gems!

[@77chard]

Thank you this was relaxing and informative.

[@gregburke2596]

Its amazing to me to see how beautiful a rough stone can turn out... i will definitely be watching more of your videos...

[@HelenaSJB]

Fascinating to see how a stone is cut. Thanks for showing us.

[@CrimFerret]

THat turned out beautiful, far better than I expected from what the rough looked like. great job.

[@audi3318]

As a kid I saw this art briefly on tv in the 80’s. Immediately I wanted a turn. I still remember the look of shock and horror on my Moms face when she discovered me in the lounge room polishing and cutting some driveway rocks on her 45 turntable 🤓😳

[@kellybiddulph421]

I was looking through the comment section ,and might I say,what an awesome bunch of people your subscribers are. So I subscribed too caus I’m hooked now 😍😍

[@Tasarran]

For some reason, I always thought of gem cutting as just a smaller version of stone cutting, with some kind of precision chisel situation... Never even thought about grinding being used. But, duh.... Amazing work there. I love the part where you're doing the final roughing and you're literally just kissing the wheel with the stone, looking with the loupe, adjusting, kissing the wheel...

[@yvonnepagan9912]

Very, very nice, the whole story, from go to woe! Everybody’s happy, especially your lucky daughter. So glad she’s enjoying the great outdoors too.😊

[@pami333]

I usually prefer gem stones to be untreated, but admittedly this sapphire turned out to be a real beauty! Of course it also helps that I really like hexagonal and octagonal shapes. :D As has been said before, would make a special piece of jewellery when your daughter will be a bit older. A sapphire she found as a kid and her dad has cut. If you even read comments on older videos, one thing I like to add: Most content creators don't have backups of their videos once they are uploaded. But in this case it would be a good thing to keep backups of it, so it won't get lost and she can watch it after receiving the stone (if you intented to give it to her this means).

[@JMWexperience]

This is so fascinating to watch! Thanks for sharing your talent. I appreciate it very much.

[@patriciabock4299]

This was the first video of yours that I watched. I am really glad I found you, this was amazing and so interesting to see how you cut a sapphire! I would love to try this! Thank you for sharing this wonderful skill and art!

[@annhans3535]

Wow. That's some beautiful find.

[@BlueMileWavesChannel]

May God bless your daughter for finding this piece. She will become good at finding more gemstones in the future since you are teaching her more about them. Stay blessed and may God bless all of you and the rest of your family in all you all do.

[@cheryl739]

I have 1 Montana Sapphire but not as beautiful as that one. Although I have a bag of Rough Sapphires and Garnets from up there in Montana that I searched for, I have always wanted one like the one you cut, because it is my birthstone. Your daughter will always cherish it, fof sure! Cheers 👍

[@dtmsolid1234]

I think I may have just found a new hobby! Thanks Mat!

[@fajile5109]

Tons of fire to that stone it carries light beautifully

[@g1stylempdesign929]

The process was amazing to watch and what a fantastic result. Thank you for sharing the info and making these videos!

[@javierbiaggi3072]

Talent and Nature at it's best! Congratulations!

[@rockandmineralplanet]

Nice! I've always wanted to do this kind of stuff. I used to buy sapphire dirt every once and awhile from Gem Mountain, but the ability to get some good gemstones dropped off dramatically after my first purchase. Thanks for the show of how you cut your sapphire!

[@justdea5757]

STUNNING SAPPHIRE!

[@mndlessdrwer]

The bright yellow sapphire would be lovely as a single stud for asymmetrical wear. Set it in white gold or platinum with a surround of even smaller clear stones like white topaz, cubic zirconia, moissanite, or another diamond alternative and it would be lovely.

[@UncleBildo]

That stone is an eye popper! Have yet to find any close to that! Have a bag of sapphires I should do something with eventually, but nothing that cool!

[@charisjones632]

That's such a beautiful cut. ❤ That will be such a special gift 🎁

[@SnowTiger45]

Excellent looking gemstone. Very nicely cut. I'd love to get my hands on a couple good sized rough stones to cut myself. :)

[@jenniferlynn3537]

This was wonderfully educational! Beautiful work cutting the stone - many congratulations to your daughter on her exceptional find!!!

[@TheFiown]

My favorite ring is set with bright pink saphires. I was given the choice of the same ring in white diamonds in white gold but I chose the pink in yellow gold. It came from the company 'Fred' in Paris, it's a happy ring.

[@danielvela814]

This must be the most beautiful cut I’ve ever seen!

[@jansilverthorn777]

Family heirloom now. 👍. Beautiful.

[@skyblueo]

Amazing. I had no idea how these beautiful gems were cut.

[@Maatjuhhh]

She must feel like a million bucks in the world. Moreover, this is unaffordable because this has a memory with it. Beautiful stone.

[@mollyv8b705]

Absolutely beautiful ❤ I have a lot of patience but I don’t think I have this much patience wow. You do amazing work!

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

What a spectacular gem, and that cut really does accentuate it wonderfully.

[@stephaniebutler765]

It turned out magnificent!

[@heatherashley9779]

Stunning Matt. I wonder if you are going to make a necklace for your daughter out of all the pretty coloured gems you both found. That saturation of the Montana Saphire is glorious.

[@bw5187]

the light is crawling around the gem. amazing

[@murlthomas2243]

I absolutely love the color of these stones. I know why they are so expensive, but I wish they weren’t. That blue green is my favorite color.

[@bernardblack6997]

you pretty much just answered your own statement....@KoWoTun

[@bernardblack6997]

sure. that doesn't change that fact that natural material fetches a far greater price then any synthetic or lab grown material.@KoWoTun

[@bernardblack6997]

@KoWoTun you're comparing apples to oranges....something that is made naturally in the earth, coloured by random mineral deposits as apposed to grown in a lab with specific parameters...there is no conspiracy...don't appreciate natural gems? thata fine. buy all the synthetics in offer and enjoy them.

[@shielaaddams5431]

Love your talent! Beautiful cut to a beautiful stone, and a beautiful daughter's good eye!😊

[@randelance9799]

WOW! you are very talented, it turned out beautiful

[@lisascenic]

I hope you save this lovely stone for your daughter.

[@Edgy01]

Am impressed that it only takes super glue to hold that Dopp stick on. The best this side of Brooklyn and the Amsterdam diamond cutters!

[@MattsCornerofGemCutting]

Well, there is my biggest heated Montana Sapphire for this year!

[@mtnvalley9298]

absolutely gorgeous stone and cut Congratulations!

[@e.s.l.1083]

Your biggest Montana Sapphire on a family vacation, I think I heard you say. (thats incredible, I BET a memory of a LIFETIME for your daughter to FIND it) In the gravel you were letting her, I think I heard you said, explore through. Family, the treasures of a life time. Memories is what we take with us. Memories and life lessons - just incredible finds.

[@MattsCornerofGemCutting]

Thanks!@@mtnvalley9298

[@MattsCornerofGemCutting]

We did find a few bigger sapphires at a different mine, but that was the biggest one that was found this year at the Gem Mountain Sapphire mine. It is also the biggest one that we had heat treated. My daughter will always remember finding that sapphire now that I've made a video about it. So, it is one we have to keep for her.@@e.s.l.1083

[@e.s.l.1083]

@@MattsCornerofGemCutting BLISS ! Keep on Keeping ON - i am so touched, & ty for sharing it with ALL OF US. Time is such A TREASURE. HOW momentous, this is a *TIME CAPSULE* then *filled to the brim* ... carry on... BLISS ❤ ))))))))))))

[@audi4444player]

ooh, that's a really beautiful cut

[@kareno8634]

HI! This was Very interesting, and Sapphire turned out Really Nice. Thanks!

[@Supportfreespeech]

Really outstandingly beautiful!! Great talent.

[@robertr4193]

It did turn out to be a lovely stone. have some beautiful medium dark blue color and looks pretty clean at least on the computer screen. Nicely done sir.

[@rogerdudra178]

A sapphire mine is near me at the Yogo mine west of here.

[@srezzy1326]

Absolutely stunning! What a keepsake for your family. Such talent as well.

[@divinenonbinary]

Omg it’s so pretty!! Often natural stone looks way better before cutting but this one turned out so beautifully!!

[@1997CARDSxx]

She’s so f*****g ADORABLE 😭😭

[@EddieSchirmer]

i LOVE finding sapphires from Montana. the only way i could do so though is through ore boxes from a mine that provided said service for a while. so far the largest gem i found was 2.5 carats. and in number ive found over 400 sapphires, all mostly very small and most relatively flat. i dream of finding a double digit carat gem though, maybe some day, when that mine can send out more boxes of ore again lol. perhaps some of the gems i have found could be faceted though, but most are just too small i think.

[@KRIYCHU]

WOOOW!!!! Final result make me speechless.. 😬😬🤯🤯🤯 I wish to live in country where I can find any raw stones and learn to cut them...but at first need find some faceting machine for start this adventure... wish me luck, and best wishes for You and your family.. Keep going, we want see more of your work.. 😉😊

[@JW-kh9bm]

Fascinating work and gorgeous sapphire.

[@WinterworksDicecraft]

Wow, this is stunning!

[@MattsCornerofGemCutting]

Thank you!

[@safiremorningstar]

You do a beautiful job one wouldn't expect perfection because the stone itself is not you know it's not been cut perfectly to begin with so a little lopsidedness is to be expected but it's beautifully done the way you've done it I'm speaking as somebody who used to be in this business and no longer is my hands don't work anymore so I can admire the work of others, you do very fine work, your daughter is very lucky.

[@azureprophet]

That stone turned out great!

[@adrianajones7181]

That was so amazingly cool.

[@christierogers1413]

Great cut!

[@johnrichards3666]

Fascinating work. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and gift with us.

[@chir0pter]

6:55 really cool cut, the facet reflections look like they're walking or rolling across the stone

[@kory5179]

This and your zelda video made me start loving well cute stones omgggg

[@MichaelJBurnsII]

I'm pretty sure I have that same polo. Costco for the win. Great work on the stone by the way!

[@Kim-J312]

Zoning out on ytube.... then I saw this video !! 😊❤It's so cool amazing 👏 just subscribed 👍👍

[@RunningGrass-we7tm]

Wow was i dumb. I always thought sapphires came out of the ground blue. Never knew they were man heat treated. I knew of white sapphires of course, seems they are replacing diamonds in alot of jewelry now adays. The one you found in gravel that was already pink. But you heat treated it. Seems to me, lost some of its pink, but the other one came out real orange. Learned alot. Thank you

[@wendymorrison5803]

I saw a documentary on gem mining in Sri Lanka. The heat treatment was done over a charcoal brazier, the man entrusted to do it was considered the most important member of the mining to sale process.

[@MattsCornerofGemCutting]

Yeah, that's a bit of work! These sapphires were heated by Gem Mountain in a kiln with a controlled environment.

[@daninb8939]

That's absolutely gorgeous!

[@snuckyr]

That came out gorgeous!!

[@shirokuma3216]

Beautiful ice rose 😮

[@ddeboy002]

Very nicely done.

[@Aleksandra-lf8ky]

👍💎💯🎯👏👏👏👏

[@LB-rc7jp]

Stunning!

[@Rorschachqp]

I thought from the thumbnail you turned a sapphire into a D20 lol.

[@EsmereldaPea]

So beautiful! I never knew that when stones were "cut" that they weren't really cut! Fascinating.

[@psweene01]

That was awesome, Thanks for sharing.

[@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783]

Your amazingly talented!!! Love the deep color!!

[@glass1258]

That looks amazing. I’ve always wanted to learn how to cut gems

[@hollyremkes4900]

Wow, that turned out gorgeous!

[@fracturedangel1835]

Believe me when I say - you make Gaia proud when you cut and polish her stones! This is such a beautiful sapphire, ESPECIALLY because your daughter found it! Nice! ❤

[@sunnyklampe7773]

That is gorgeous! I hope set it as a pendant for her to wear as she gets older!

[@VondaInWonderland]

That's a beautiful cut ❤

[@darellgroves1506]

I am going to start watching your youtube videos. I own and operate a facetron.

[@CityOfTrees88]

You got my sub! I wish we had minding places to go by where I live.

[@AngelLopez-ef6zt]

Beautiful stone and work congratulations!

[@fritzde9585]

Sapphire is my birth stone I wish I could have some in the future.

[@sassytbc7923]

This is fascinating!

[@fwiffo]

I've always wanted to hunt for Montana sapphires, but I just can't travel, unfortunately. So I finally broke down and ordered some mail order gravel. I didn't expect it to be cost effective to get a bunch of rocks in the mail, but I found quite a few gem-quality sapphires over a carat. I can't cut them myself, but it's worth the money to have them send them out to be cut (and some heat treated). It's not a retirement plan, but it's a ton of fun, and if the value of the stones at least offsets the cost of the gravel I can have more fun more often. I'm trying out all the different sources of mail-order sapphire gravel. So far Gem Mountain's cowboy boot and mega jug (which are concentrated gravel from their wash plant) are the best fun/$. They have literally hundreds of sapphires. They're mostly small, but the mega jug by itself had over 2 dozen facetable stones over a carat. The Eldorado Bar (and Spokane Bar) concentrates have a lot fewer tiny stones, but so far I haven't found anything big (the biggest was 2.6 carats, which is only slightly bigger than the biggest Gem Mountain ones I've found). My favorite I've found is a weird purple one that is also somehow orange sometimes. It's barely 70 points, but it's cone-shaped so maybe it'll have enough yield to come out as more than a speck.

[@johnwayne2103]

WOW! Stunning!

[@elyrccaledon6600]

Gorgeous!