Sounds good, sorry to hear of your illness. May God heal your body.Thanks for watching.

Wish you all the best.

I hope you’re doing well and that you get many hours of enjoyment when you begin faceting your gems 👍

Hell yeah! This gives me a lot more inspiration to start. Can't wait to get my machine. Thanks for the gem (; lol

Michael I hope you're doing well

thanks jk

Thanks for the sub!

Thanks jay zee.

here www.ebay.com/sch/wholesale*gem/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from

@@tennpikr74 thank you!

Yes, if you cut a portuguese or other large stone that is out of the ordinary , there are buyers for them. You dont see them being cut over seas in the large sizes.

Sorry, im not cutting on commission at this time.

small cheap diamonds are trash!!!

@@gianmarcogallardo9339 ok?

Sorry i have no books for that but the internet is very helpful. i use www.gemologyonline.com.

The problem is when buying on ebay, some sellers are calling the stones they sell as natural but are in facet synthetic. I dont know if they work for astrological purposes since i dont dabble in that..

Thats right, i looked at one of those big pieces today and if i saw it right , i can get 2 inclusion free pieces . i would like to find some large darker pieces but thats been difficult, its mostly the lemon or light colored stuff.

@@tennpikr74 He seems to only have the lemon citrine I have not seen anything darker.

@sacofl There are many on Ebay look under faceting rough and be sure to check out their feedback ratings as the bad sellers will have negative feedback.

Heyvi am new in this trade and having issues identifieng gd grade one and the real from fake do u have any helpfull infos or books

sorry i dont have any, i use the internet for most information.

@@tennpikr74 i have raw crystals to show you ..my imail mila_villar@yahoo.com

yes i might be able to get 3 gems if things go right.

Keep up the good work it's very satisfying for me to watch

Sorry, i cant recall now. The one i use these days on ebay is : chbfisher.

yes, the emerald is so very poor quality. the quartz can be cut into very nice gems worth much more.

@@tennpikr74 but do you think the emerald was genuine? what makes u think it wasnt a fake

@@Gold26502 yes, it was genuine, it even had a certificate card with it. i think if i cut it smaller into a cabochon it could be worth the $10.00 as the color isnt too bad. it has a lot of natural inclusions in it .

@@tennpikr74 Sorry but those cards are a complete scam. That emerald was in a way too perfect condition to be worth under 10 dollars. and way too big as well, i dont think u can find actual genuine emerald for that cheap because emeralds are very precious

@@Gold26502 hey i dont doubt the cards are a scam. I was really surprised they went to the trouble to make it for a 10 dollar stone. Its possible the stone is not genuine as im no expert.

It might be your computer - on my laptop the quartz was clear (except for the inclusions).

@hannahpumpkins4359 I don't know, nature can make some cool stuff I wouldn't be terribly surprised if it was actually light green

The seller i recommend is chbfisher.

sure , go to the top of my home page, look for my picture then below it is home , videos , playlist, community,etc. click on " about " and look for contact info and click.

yes , look for seller chbfisher. Also etsy has montana sapphire sellers

@@tennpikr74 thanks ! I found such cheap blue cyelon sapphires in ebay, mostly from India. I wonder if they are all fake. Literally selling 5 cts for 20 $ .

@@subarna89 watch those, the ones that are a nice blue are usually glass lead filled.

Ceylonbluestone.

@@subarna89 good sapphire/ ruby cut polish is $300 - $800/ ct depending on clarity & color. Montana sapphires up to $1200/ ct. Rough is conciderably cheaper. If youre not paying around those prices? Theres something wrong. Heavily treated, diffusion, irradiated, LGF as mentioned( $35/ ct) Lab from nat seed being misrepresented. Etc. Or very poor qlty. Go to GIA they have some free info for novices emails letters to sign up for. Take a few classes. The colored stone course is intense. My personal fav. Much harder than diamond course.

Yes, here are several: johngarsow.com/store joehenleyrough.com/collections/facet-rough www.milsteadgemstones.com/

I want to sale rough stones of vsries quality

sorry

Not able to facet anything yet, maybe someday

so the seller is defunct? no longer in business?

@@Ogg13tube no the store is still open on eBay

Its possible

Sorry i have enough right now.

me too

sorry, i cannot.

yes, ive been burned too by dealers from these countries.