Yes indeed ~ may her wisdom and majesty overflow!~

Thank you! 😄

Thanks Corinne ~ stay tuned for more soon :D

Glad to be of service JJW~

My absolute pleasure - We all have to do what we can to shed some light eh? :D More next week!~

My pleasure Jessie~ I'm glad it was helpful.

Glad to hear you enjoyed it ~ stay tuned for more coming sooooon :D

Glad it is

Glad to hear it!~ Knowledge is power ^_^

I'm glad it helps ~ cheers.

My pleasure.

My pleasure ~ i'm glad you enjoyed. New content each week :D

Thank you for correcting me William ~ we don't know unless someone informs us, as neither English nor French are very intuitive in their spelling (don't even get me started on Thai...) Maybe i'll just start calling it by its alternate name: navette XD Who doesn't love a small boat? So, what about peridot? Most of us are under the impression that its Peri(doh), and others are insistent that it is peri(dote) which hurts my soul. If I find out its actually peri(dote), I may just start calling it gem olivine.... HAH@! 😂 #adapt

@Gemology for Schmucks very right about that, wouldn’t even begin to try to understand Thai... I say peri-do (silent t), but you can’t go wrong with olivine since it’s an umbrella term I believe?

@@wyla5896 Olivine is a mineralogical name, peridot is gem quality olivine. So yes ~ a useful umbrella term.

@Gemology for Schmucks oh cool! I did not know that, I’m curious are there others named similarly? Like is that the same as corundum and ruby, for example

@@wyla5896 Yes, LOTS. Especially with quartz (amethyst, citrine etc) and Beryl (Emerald, aquamarine, heliodor, morganite, goshenite) Many gems have a mineral name, and a specific name for the colour variant. Dont even get me started on different sub-categories of quartz. It will take a while...

My pleasure ~ keep an eye out for more.

Specifically on fantasy cuts, not yet, no. I have some friends that do fantasy and concave cutting, so perhaps that will be a good opportunity to collaborate.

They most certainly can ~ most of the time cutters have to decide how large they will make the facets. More facets typically equals more scintillation. Larger facets causes you to FOCUS on colour, but it doesnt typically change the colour. Colour is determined by the lightpath (the path that the light must travel into and out of the stone, absorbing colour along the way) Tanzanite has a lot of options, and it depends on the piece. Some can be exceptional with step cuts or modified brilliants both, but im hugely partial to sugarloaf with tanzanite.

I am reviewing alot. That teal spinel is a step cut stone i really like alot ! That asher cut oale pink stone too!. Lol. So they DO exist! The modified brilliant cut topaz is another one that stands out... Merry christmas or happy appropriate december holiday if you celebrate anything.

meeeee tooo - it doesn't work with all materials, but more often than not, im a fan. It gives such a majestic feeling.

A solid idea - perhaps that will be a new video soon. PS ~ Culet. It's a classy French word that is derived from the Latin for... butt...

@@GemologyforSchmucks Thanks.

Awwww thanks~! I'm honoured by your words.

@@GemologyforSchmucks aww...I'm honored by your response! Ty!

Who knows what the days ahead may hold though~~ Keep your eyes open for aallll the opportunities ;)

Very true very true but seeing as im in the production work and not goldsmithing anymore (i got my gemology diploma there). Hopefully i can pick it up again someday:). For now i will just enjoy watching this schmuck:p.

Great question - its a multi-cultural and multilingual market so you get a bit of everything. You'll hear both pronunciations and everyone just sort of rolls with it. Its interesting that we get the word from the French, but they also call the shape "navette" meaning little boat. Wild world.

@@GemologyforSchmucks Interesting. Little boat makes sense. Thanks.

In French, “marquise” is pronounced with a z sound at the end. The male version of the word (as used to describe a nobleman with that title) is “marquis” and there, the s is silent.

A fantastic question/ point of discussion. The more gems that I cut, the less I care about meet points. Especially when a stone is in movement on someone's hand, the amount of light return, luster and quality of colour are the only things that matter in my opinion. Meet points and faceting pattern are a bonuses, but they do not come before the former 3 qualities in my point of view. Cutting determines all of these things, but I will definitely forgive imperfect meet points if the cutter can close a window, while avoiding extinction (darkness usually from overly steep angles) and maximizing colour. There will always be collectors and fanatics who will disagree with me, and they're welcome to.... but that is my perspective for stones I buy and am willing to deal in. Thanks for the question~

@@GemologyforSchmucks Okay; you do make fair points. At the end of the day those things are what matters. One would have to be very skilled to accomplish those things I think. I have limited knowledge of cutting so I could be wrong. Thanks for answering me. I appreciate it a ton.

Tourmaline is an interesting one because it comes in so many colours and often has strong dichroism (colour that can be different depending on the direction of movement of light in the stone). Because of that, cutting is an extra important consideration. Most shapes will look nice, but depending on how you want to blend those directional colours in the stone, you have to carefully consider the angles on the pavilion of the stone. Poor choices on some crystals can make a blue-green stone look black. Definitely possible. If we're just talking about shapes, I like cushions and emerald cuts for tourmaline personally... though I don't think i've seen a cut on tourmaline that I thought was unattractive. A personal favourite being a round step cut. GoRgEoUs stone.

@@GemologyforSchmucks Thank you for the detailed answer!

I'm just glad that we don't have to say : "28th, July 2021, ravaging hordes of mongols are still here." That said, Mongolian is a pretty awesome language as long as they're not slayin' ye.

@@GemologyforSchmucks ha yea! Great reply! No marauders from Urumqi .

Wah, wait did you guys time travel a month into the future 😂 I highly doubt that'll be wrong in any case 😷

@@cezza100 - yea, a few of us did. Kinda strange sounding but yea. Worth the trip though.

@@cezza100 until then!!!~Sain Bainoo

Splendid question~ most generic sofas are ugly, and my carpet is beautiful. I move frequently, and one thing that helps define the space (is) my carpet(s).

Rose cuts are one of the earliest faceted gemstone styles. Its a flat bottom with many (typically triangular) facets over the dome of the stone. You can think of it more like a faceted cabochon, if that helps.

@@GemologyforSchmucks Thanks. So would that be considered a version of Brilliant Cut but the flat bottom being the distinction?

The rosecut is one of those weird exceptions. You have to think of this one as its own animal. Is it a cat or a dog? Its a pterodactyl...

Thanks for the education Jay.

At this moment, not specifically. To clarify, are you referring to the 8 corner octagon step-cuts often called "emerald cuts"?