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Anonymous
305693- Thanks for the link. I will see if trying those suggestions results in any better pictures.

305808- Heh...I knew going into this that I was going to screw up. A lot. And I have too, but that really is the best way to learn. I like to call it "Baptism by fire," and it's the same way I learned my day job of IT.
Boss: It's broke. Fix it.
Me: (Thinking "Dam...now I gotta learn how it works in order to figure out how it might have broken and then learn how to fix it)

I'm sure you all know the drill :-)

This is a shot of a really tiny one. It gave me much trouble transferring so I could cut the top. I think it took about a dozen tries before I finally got it.

Thanks again, and I will be sure to post more pics later.
>> Anonymous
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Crap...I didn't mean to create a new thread.

Oh well...here is another pic for the trouble
>> Anonymous
Just out of curiosity, what happened to the other gem thread?
>> Anonymous
>>307000
I have the pics from it because It was fukkin' saved!
>>306016
That's not what I think it is, is it?
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307568- If you think that is Goshenite (colorless beryl) then you would be correct.

I finished a new stone last night, but the pictures I got are so crappy that i'm not going to post them. I'll try again tonite.

Here is a shot of my very first completed stone. It is a synthetic garnet and weighs ~22 carats. It's huge. I wanted something I could actually see the facets on for my first try. Notice all of the scratch marks from my poor polishing job. I've cut YAG since then and have learned that it's just generally a bitch to polish.

I'll see what I can do about getting some decent shots of what I finihsed last night. I was sorry to see the other thread vanish.
>> Anonymous
>>307605
welcome back. hint, cos i feel nice and i like your threads - clicking on a post number or putting >> before the post number creates a link to the post.

now post moar gems.
>> >>307607 Anonymous
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Thanks for the advice. Let's see how well I folowed the instructions.

I gotta get to work now, but I thought I would post one of an amethyst that has been polished on the bottom and is ready for transfer.
>> Anonymous
>>307607

Aha...apparently, I don't follow instructions quite properly the very first time. Oh well...we are supposed to learn from our mistakes. Here is another stone ready for transfer.
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>>307616

Helps if I actually attach the file.....
>> Anonymous
>>307619
wonderful pictures. i do not know what this shiny device is, but it is fascinating