“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.” Seems appropriate for the situation. 😂

Diamond Slurry, what a fabulous drag name.

I'd imagine your client is wondering about the quality of the metal after you debunked that amethyst. The lack of finish work on the inside of the bezel makes me wonder. This video is a perfect example of why gem cutters need gemology knowledge and equipment. You are a credit to the lapidary arts.

I would love a whole video on how to identify glass. Especially if you can clarify how you could see it was glass in the polariscope. I collect vintage Jewellery and it is the number one thing I want to ascertain first. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

“Like a gun in a dark Alley”! Nice analogy. I will ask though, why fake an Amethyst? Jeez Peter. Huge thank you’s for another great share my friend. Rrrrrrrrooooooogggggg from Wales. Btw the glass was a pretty good fake, until you found the bubble. Keep safe Peter. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👊

My go to is the polariscope but I've had many heart sinks hoping it was going to be something interesting only to see those damn snakes!!

Enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing.

So now I need a lesson on how the polariscope does its thing 🤣

Ouch. That reminds me of the time i sent a lead glass filled "ruby" I got at an estate sale off to the GIA. 85 bucks is a cheap price for a valuable lesson though. 😂 i think they wrote an article about it, but im not sure, it was very suspicious timing lol. Love your videos.

😂😂😂 you’re so funny 😂 Also I’m not a gemologist (I wish I was) but I thought quartz doesn’t scratch and glass does, that would have been a major red flag for me!! ❤

Love you´re videos!

I have the privilege of owning a Raman. So the very first thing I do is put all the stones on my Raman. And it is really remarkable how often my customers assume a completely different material. Nice show by the way 👍

Thank you for the wealth of information

Man, that's a drag. The only "gem" I own is an emerald cut "peridot". It's about the size of my thumbnail and it only cost like $20 so... yeah. Deep green color, almost completely clear except for some spherical inclusions. Suspiciously lightweight for its size, covered in mis-aligned facets, and it looked awfully blurry when I put it in water. So it was fun for that, at least, playing amateur gemologist and confirming in five or six different ways that it wasn't real peridot. But that's much easier than amethyst, because quartz is so similar to glass in specific gravity and IOR.

Great video. With a setting like that one cab stone to size and polish the bottom. Rose cut the crown.

That is an interesting shape, cabu-facet....Well at least you have a pretty purple piece of glass and good video.

Mind blown!!!

Thanks

Hahaha schmucks day .

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We all move out of hearing range of our inner voice and eff up brother. Challenging attempt in scope of work required regardless of the stones genuineness.

Sreetips youtube is big old jewellery buy for gold refining.

do you have any videos on what to look for under the microscope?

Sold on needing a polariscope now, what are my options?