Facet Grade Rough Gemstones and Crystals for Faceting | Buy Natural Gemstone Rough Online
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Folkmarket online gemstone store offers the opportunity to gemstone cutters, gemstone faceters and lapidary artists for a variety of facet grade rough gemstones deals online. Facet grade stones include raw tourmaline, raw sapphires, rough peridots, natural emerald rough, Mogok spinels rough, quartz varieties such as lemon quartz, amethyst rough, citrine, smoky citrine, amber, spinels, aquamarine, morganite, topaz rough, apatite, etc. Uncut gemstone parcels include small gems lots, medium quantity raw stone parcels or big commercial gems lots for cutting at affordable to competitive prices.
Best Rough Gemstones for Faceting and Lapidary Work
There are various rough gemstones for faceting. However, here is listed a few stones which are trending or considered best for faceting.
For Beginners in faceting: Quartz, Peridot, Tourmaline, Amethyst, Citrine, Topaz, Aquamarine, Garnets
General stones: Emerald, Rubies, Sapphires, rare gemstones
Where to Buy High-Quality Gemstone Rough for Faceting?
One will see lot of gemstones rough for sale online. However always focus on reliable source. r
Type of Facet Rough Gemstones for Lapidary
Folkmarketgems offer you following deals in facet grade raw stones;-
- Rough Gemstone Faceting Material Small parcels i.e 20 grams, 50 grams, 100 grams, 200 grams to onward
- Wholesale facet-grade crystals deals
- Individual deals for cutting / Single Stones
- Rough Faceting Stones like Precious Stones and rare semi-precious stones such as Swat Emeralds, Panjsheir Emeralds, Purple Kashmir Sapphires, Kashmir Rubies, Sphene, Peridots, Katlang Topaz, morganite, Tourmaline, Afghanite, Spinel’s, etc
- Small size facet grade material in big parcel quantity for Faceting mm size stones. Example Melee Emeralds, Sapphires, Spinels, topaz, garnets, peridots etc
- Offers to prepare for you facet material deals or orders based on custom inquiries on demand
What are Faceting Grade Rough Gemstones?
Facet Grade stones in raw form are those stones which are perfect for faceting. They must be in good shape and rough form with specific size, shape, weight and depth. Facet grade raw gemstones are ideal for crafting brilliant faceted gemstone as a piece of art.
Folkmarket offers you variety of raw gems possessing gem-grade quality with maximum clarity, minimal cracks and less inclusions. Optimal characteristics and points enable the lapidary artists to craft the raw stone into alluring piece of art with their lapidary artistic skills. Whether you are a seasonal gems cutter or a beginner in stone cutting, Folkmarket is the best place to buy facet grade raw stones online from lowest to competitive price with the best deals or combos. The deals with us provide a chance to gems cutters to learn and refine their lapidary artistic skills.
How Can We Evaluate Facet Grade Rough Gemstones?
Facet Grade Rough gemstones can be evaluated by some points as listed below:
- Color of Stone
- What is clarity of stones
- Cleavage of Stones
- Fractures analysis
- How much, the stone is transparent
- what is size and shape of Facet grade rough stone
Folkmarket Gems offers a facet-grade variety of stones from Afghanistan , Pakistan, Myanmar, Africa and many other countries.
Tips for Selecting Raw Gemstones for Faceting
Buying raw gemstone before starting faceting art or a lapidary work, one must have knowledge about the best selection of raw gemstones. Here are some tips about faceter beginner's guide to selecting raw gemstones for faceting.
- Do some research before buying a raw stone regarding value, color, size shape
- Insect the raw gemstone before buying
- While buying online, read full description of the stone in product page. In case of inquiry, one can reach out Folkmarket Live Chat or communciate via an email regarding any question about the stone.
- Consider the shape and size matching your faceting project.
- Analyse the color and clarity of the stone
- Assess the potential yield
- Know about treatments in raw stone
- Set your budget before buying
- Keep your faceting toolkit ready
- Learn about gemstone hardness to select relevant lap and polishing method
- Ask any question with your open mind to get answers of your question. Remember a trust worthy supplier will always help you in your findings or selecting the options suitable for your faceting projects
Tips for Faceting Raw Stones
Here are provided some tips for faceting raw stone and crystals:-
- Select the Right Gemstone: Choose the right stone which is easy for you to start faceting such as quartz. Generally, the stones having a 6 hardness or higher on the Mohs scale are good faceting students. Examples are quartz, topaz, agate, jasper, and various types of chalcedony.
- Safety First: Before taking start, one should wear appropriate safety gears. This includes gloves and eye protection, while working with stones and faceting equipment. Stone dust can give risks to your eyes and skin.
- Prepare Your Workspace: Set up an organised and a clean workspace with adjustment of good lighting. One should make sure that one has all the necessary supplies and tools ready. Examples are faceting machine, templates, laps (grinding and polishing disks), adhesive wax, dop sticks, and water.
- Learn the Basics: Before starting, you should know what you are goig to start. For this, familiarise yourself with the basics of faceting. Learn about the the angles, and techniques which are required to get different shapes. For this, one can join local lapidary centers or online lapidary communities to learn from experienced faceters.
- Choose a Design: Choose he shape and design of your gemstone. You can get lot of already made templates or you can create your own. However when choosing the design, keep in mind the physical properties of the stone such as shape, size, width, length.
- Dop Your Gemstone: Next is to attach the gemstone to a dop stick with the adhesive wax. It should be made sure that the gemstone is accurately attached securely. Because any wobbling can lead to incomplete cuts or facets.
- Rough Stone Shaping: To rough shape the stone according to the design, use Use a coarse grinding lap. Have a patience while grinding and and take your time. Avoid as much as possible to remove too much material at once.
- Preforming the Raw Stone: Give a shape to the stone by grindning where you want to give facetes. The shape should be accurate so you can leave facets at right angles.
- Turn to Faceting: Now work on faceting according to the template and put facets at the right points. Do maximum efforts to get all angles at right meeting points on pavilion. The edges and intersections i.e. the meets and meet points should come togather precisely. It will lead to evenly and uniformly facets.
- Polishing: After giving facets to the stone, turn to the polishing stage. Use a polishing lap with a diamond paste or diamond powder. Dont leave stone without smooth surface otherwise the stone will look dull.
- Inspect and Finalize: Inspect the stone cutting and polishing to ensure the perfect facets, polishing of the stone.
- Remove the Stone from the Dop: Once done perfectly, remove the stone from the dop stick carefully. This can sometime involves the heating to the adhesive wax slightly to loosen the grip. Use secure methods to remove the stone from the dop stick, as this is the result of your art and hardwork.
- Set in the Jewelry: After removing from dop stick, the final stone is ready to be set into the jewelry.
Here is a video of cutting stone from raw to final shape as an example:-
Remember that faceting requires practice and patience. Start with simpler designs before attempting more complex shapes. Learning from experienced faceters and studying resources on faceting techniques will help you improve your skills over time.
