Gorgeous Gemstones! Faceting Oregon Sunstones from our Trip to the Spectrum Mine!
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- Опубликовано: 2 фев 2024
- In this one, we take four of our Oregon Sunstones that we collected during our trip to the Spectrum Mine in Oregon and facet them! I selected two standard clear sunstones, a schiller, and a red spot to facet for this video. I was extremely happy with the results! Those sunstones take an incredible shine and look absolutely fantastic after faceting! I already can't wait to cut more, so look forward to a future video in which we cut our high end colored sunstones! I hope you all enjoy, and I will have another one out soon!
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The faceting videos are definitely a treat. It is fascinating to see that process. You make it look easy, but I can imagine between the decision making and the work, it is a very involved process.
Yes, more faceting! Amazing work!
Thank you, and can do!😄
@@TheoKellison awesome! I'll be watching!
The one with the red pocket is my favorite!
Wow, Theo! You are so good at that! Stunning! 😊
Thanks so much!😄
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Impressive! Beautiful outcomes!
Thank you!😄
Stunning 😍 Theo, your creativeness and workmanship /craftsmanship is top Bar.
Thank you so much! That truly means a lot!😄
As soon as I saw an Oregon Sunstone for the first time, it was on! As soon as I saw you facet something for the first time, it was even more on! As soon as I saw you facet a Sunstone, it was game over! Dude! Yes, more faceting video please! Love you videos Theo! Thanks for taking the time to let us into your world! ✌️
Definitely do more!
Can do!
Awesome brother thanks
Thank you!😄
I seriously cannot wait to see you do the not-for-practice ones!! They are all very beautiful, I didn’t know you could facet things, I love it!!!
Thank you! I will definitely do a video whenever I cut those nice ones! That dichroic is gonna be fantastic if I don't mess it up!😂
@@TheoKellison I know you’ll do something brilliant with it!
The "upside down" stone at the end is sad. You are an amazing artist.. Thanks for sharing with us. Faceting is so time consuming. Love your work.. Please, More Faceting..
Wow Theo, those are beautiful!
Thank you!😄
Wow Theo those 1st stones you just finished are fantastic 👏 I think you've gotten better in your stone shaping.
Thank you! I've definitely done a TON of faceting since my last faceting videos. I was kind of just starting to get a feel for it back then. Still lots of room for improvement but I think they're getting better at least😂
This video shows how talented you truly are!! All of them are beautiful!
Thank you so much!😄 That truly means a lot!
A tip to help you remember to turn your tumbler back on. Put some sort of friendship bracelet or elastic bracelet on the plug and take it off of the plug when you unplug it and put it on your wrist. That way as you're walking around, if you see the bracelet on your wrist you'll know you forgot to plug your tumbler back in!
That is like next level genius and I am totally doing that!
Pretty stones. Theo you are just so talented. That is for all the amazing things I have seen you make or create. These are just the next thing. Lol
Thank you so much! That truly means a lot!😄
I love faceting! These were all beautiful Tfs
Thanks so much!😄
Those all came out just stunning! It's awful that you lost that gorgeous trillion! I'm so sorry! And its too bad about cutting that red one upside down! The cut is gorgeous though, all of them are. And that emerald cut came out gorgeous as well. They all just came out stunning! Oregon sunstones cut so beautifully. Awesome job! You just jumped into this and crushed it out of the gate! Thanks Theo! ❤🎉❤😮
Thanks so much!😄 Yeah it's a bummer about the lost trillion but I did not know sunstones fluoresce so I have some hope on finding it! Time to bust out the black light and try again😂 and I should've have just asked about the color before I started it, I have a sunstones expert in Karen and a faceting expert in Patrick I could've reached out to to ask before starting so idk why I didn't think to do that before diving headlong into it🤦 it's all good though! Lesson learned by failing forward!😂 Thanks so much for watching!
@@TheoKellison I hope you find it with the UV flashlight! Fingers crossed for you!
I like watching whatever you are up to.
Thanks so much!😄 That truly means a lot!
Nice work(i should say amazing) ❤. Love to watch u do everything👍. 👋🇫🇮
Thanks so much!😄
Favorite is all!!!!
Beautiful stones!
Love your making videos!
You are so talented, Theo. They are all beautiful stones.
Thank you so much!😄
First time watcher. never seen how facets are made. really cool! Nice stones. I want to see more.
Stunning 🤩
Great job!!!!
Thank you!😄
Gorgeous 🤩
Beautiful!!! Yes, more facit videos please!!!💎💎💎
Thank you! Definitely can do more faceting!😄
Beautiful stones and great facets (so)
Thank you!
Wow. Fascinating!
Now you have a shop Schiller😖 so sorry for you
………those are incredible
Who knew that sunstones could be even more beautiful ❤
Thanks so much! Those sunstones grow more and more on me every time I cut one, such gorgeous little stones! Hoping we can find the one that got away at some point😅😂 thanks so much for watching!
Awesome video. Thank you
Thank you!
Sunstone are fun to facet. I've even concave faceted a few and it is a totally different effect. Great video!
I love them a little more every time I cut one! I've always wanted to do a concave cut, they look fantastic! May have to try and play around with that at some point. Thanks so much for watching!
You do gorgeous work
Thank you so much!😄
Faceting, yes!
Oh my gosh, I love sunstone, and these are just gorgeous. And I love watching the making of these lovely gems.
Thank you!😄 They are so much fun to work with! There's no shortage of options with those sunstines
we are saying going west😂because the sun is going down in west. (think I heard you saying going south😉) Beutiful done as always. You really have an eye for faceting gemstones.
If you have a very small color pocket, put it in the culet. If it's large enough, try around or just under the girdle. Good luck on your other stones!
And sunstone fluoresces red, so try finding the lost one with UV!
Thanks for the tips my friend! Karen gave me the tip on the cullet after I sent her pictures of my upside down pink🤦😂 should've reached out and asked one of you guys BEFORE I started cutting but hey🤦 and did not know about the UV!!! i feel a ray of hope now on finding that thing!
Glad to see you feel better Theo. Always impressive to see the results of faceting these stones.
It's always so much fun watching them transform throughout the process! I really need to do more faceting videos🤦 thanks so much for watching!
The most underrated stone ever!!!!!!!!!!!
I seriously love them more every time I cut one! I never understood them until I faceted my first one and it was game over after that😂
@@TheoKellison I got fantastic one from that mine even two blue ones and a huge watermelon one. No other mine is better for color🍀
Yes!! Opals!! I still owe you money btw!
Nice stones and video, theo!!!!
Thank you!
If/when you have Color Zoning and want the color throughout your gem, make sure the color is in the Culet. The entire stone will then take on that color. Otherwise you can put the color zone off to one side of the culet to get a nice affect. With regards of Schiller stones, Emerald-type step-cut gems work well, allowing you to see the schiller (if it's the copper plate type). Light will not reach the culet that well with copper, hence the step-cut. However, if you have the Schiller that is "dots" of copper throughout, then any cut will make it look beautiful.
Thank you so much for the tips! I'm definitely still new to the color zoning world😅 done a lot of solid colors like sapphires and topaz but dialing in on that color pocket is a new one for me. I was thinking the emerald would be good for Schiller too so I'm excited to try it out now! I have a decent amount of thinner Schiller's that would be good for emerald cuts. I've cut a lot of clear sunstones but the color and Schiller are definitely a work in progress for me so I greatly appreciate the feedback!
Even tho you’d lose about half, the value of that pink stone would make up for any loss. Flip it and start over! Great job!!! You’re on the right path. Use a close associate to double check your work. For awhile anyway. Otherwise, calming down is never gonna happen (it’s your perfectionism dude. Sorry. ) Therefore, be tho happy!!! Beautiful work ❤
Freaking gorgeous
Amazing❤
Very beautiful. I'm not sure I have the patience to try something like that. Maybe someday. And you will eventually find the missing piece you dropped.
Honestly I didn’t think much of these… until I saw you facet them. I get it! Hey let me know if/when you’re planning on coming to the area. I want to make sure you find cool stuff. 😂hopefully you’ll be able to make it back home with all the weight
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Great timing on the faceting video...though ordered last October I just picked up my ultra-tec v5 this morning. I hope you will be doing much more faceting videos in the future. Portuguese is also my favorite cut. 🙂
Excellent. Three trips to spectrum..just sent some to Australia..awaiting the response...😊
Ps..natural sunlight and they look different!!
Very cool stuff! I just got some opal to play with and I’m in the same place, don’t want to mess them up… but you can’t learn if you don’t try.
get a timer switch so you can turn the tumbler off and have it turn back in ... however.
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Faceting is nice. Need a flat lap. Do you use magnification to check your work. Beautiful!!!
It to bad you couldn't try out opel stones I think if you got the right one it would be so cool 😎 for sure.
I have wondered how faceting is done. Thanks!
How do you like the Graves ?
I started faceting in December of 2019 with a Graves Mk 1. I used it up to the end of September 2023 by which time I finally received a VL Classic (digital) which I love. I couldn't afford the V5 and the VL Classic is essentially the same "type" of mast machine as the Graves.
I found this video today specifically because I have a Sunstone with a very light-green bullseye in the Quill, ready to go.
WTG - Your gems turned out nicely.
Looks like you ought to invest in more dops.
If the sunstones are fluorescent maybe you could look for it with a black light?
Wow Theo haven't seen you on line in a while hove you've been doing ok.
Hello Theo how's thing's going with you? 👋😃👍
Great work, sorry about the oopsie daisey one, it'll turn up when you've forgoten about it. Sorry if you've mentioned it before but what is you're very well used faceting machine, where did you aquire it and did you get trained on it or self taught? Asking for a friend 😉
What would happen if you foiled the back of the red one?
Well you can away make another trip to Oregon and spend a little longer.
If you take off top of box, the top lights would not flash like that.
what type of lap machine do you recommend for a beginner?
Do you have cats? (Hair)
Lovely little stones, beautiful facets. An aside: 75% of the time, when I drop something small and am actually able to find it, it has bounced and landed behind me. Or it has disappeared into another dimension and will finally reappear at some random location and time. I hope you find that stone. It is so pretty. Good luck.💎😥💔🤞
Are you willing to facet more on a commission?
I have literally an amazing large sunstone that goes from light yellow to orange into deep red with rainbow spectrum in some areas I will send to you I messaged you on Instagram with pic