Silver State Mining Company

Head Quartered in:  Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Is Pleased to Present Information on the Cutting of Precious Gem Stones:

How a gemstone looks is all-important. People buy a gem so that it will look good, both to themselves and to others. That’s where good cutting comes in. Many gemstones only sparkle around the outside with a kind of dead spot in the middle. This is known as a “windowed” or “fisheye” gemstone.  When the bottom facets are cut at too shallow an angle, the light passes through without being reflected. This results in a stone with a ring of brightness around the outside and a lighter colored “window” in the center.  In these modern times “windows” are for computers.  Poor cutting belongs to a bygone era when customers were not educated or picky enough to care about the quality of their gem. A simple "colored stone" becomes a real GEM with good cutting.  

The gem cutting of faceted precious stones is truly an art.  There must be a balance between attaining the maximum weight and achieving the proper angles for brilliance.  Also there is the problem of orienting the stone for the maximum color value.

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