"Diamond Rough®" Training Course

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A1 Semi-Baroque Cube (75.30 ct.)
A2 Textbook Octahedral ABC Crystal
A3 Dodecahedrons - various models
A4 Pencil Eraser Shape (26.79 ct.)
A5 FreeForm coated Stone with High White Core (5.00 ct.)
B1

5.88ct. Highly distorted Octahedron crystal. Background grid 2mm. The stone has not been acid cleaned since being mined.

B2 3.40ct. Highly distorted Macle crystal. Background grid 2mm. The stone has not been acid cleaned since being mined.
B3 29.64 ct. Octahedron Crystal, Industrial or speculative Cuttable, excellent speciman - no surface damage. Very reflective surface.
B4 3.39 ct. Combined, distorted Octahedron Crystal, speculative Cuttable, excellent speciman - no surface damage.
B5

Average size = 5.8 ct. The three larger stones sitting on the micrometer have an average size of 11 carats each.

Octahedrons, some Macles, Dodecahedrons and some Cleavage.

C1

Average size = 3.0 ct.

Octahedrons, Dodechahedrons, Macles as well as some Cleavage. Has not been acid cleaned after mining.

C2

0.82 ct.

Macle Crystal.

C3

0.83 ct.

Macle Crystal.

C4

0.57 ct.

Partially Cut Blocked in Macle Crystal.

C5

 

Rough industrial quality Boart.

D1 L=29 W=18.1 D=9.6
Unusual large cuttable free form shape with cleavage. Primarily black diamond with windows that we put on the primary faces thereby semi-blocking in the stone to be possibly cut as a shield type shape.
5 separate closeup images.
We cut and polished this stone. Amazingly, we yielded a beautiful 22.42 Black Pear with Excellent Symmetry.
D2 Light to medium brown long, cleaved stones (we call them blades), it is nice clean material, size range 1.00 to 3.00 carats.
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