by Glenn Klein This is my usual handling of the cutting of the crown facets. Prior to working on the crown, the pavilion has already been cut and polished. The girdle has also been polished. I begin the crown by cutting the breaks, then work on the mai …

by Fred Van Sant Most faceters I have talked to agree that the action of diamond in polishing is best when it is a scraping action rather than a tumbling and chipping action. On coarse diamond cutting laps, where the diamond is bonded into the lap surf …

by Glenn Klein It was at a Faceters Fair in northern California, many years ago, when I found myself as part of a four-person panel, answering questions from the audience. Questions were being asked as to how each of us went about the task of cutting a …

by Dr. Tom Gray – edited by Charles Moon, United States Faceters Guild Dr. Tom Gray, master of sapphire faceting, design and polishing thereof, has what he feels is a BREAKTHROUGH in polishing sizable sapphires, smaller sapphires in the 1/2 carat to 3m …

Carl M. Unruh, Intermountain Faceters Guild INTRODUCTION Cubic zirconia, CZ, is a great faceting material. Today, it is reasonably priced. That has not always been the case. If you were a faceter in the early 1970’s, you will probably remember the firs …