Gem Cutting Tutorial: Sunset Vista Spessartite Garnet

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Bopie wants to see Mike cut an unusual Garnet, so he has decided to cut a piece of Fanta Orange Spessartite Garnet, which is a very rare and valuable stone, treasured for it’s intense orange color. Watch as award-winning lapidary, Michael Sackos, facets this incredible gem into the “Sunset Vista” design by Arya Akhavan.
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@Tereselynn 11 ай бұрын

Wow!!! Brilliant!! What a beautiful stone😊 WOW you are a great jeweler 👍 👍!

@mikesackos2208 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

@Tereselynn 11 ай бұрын

WOW! It even changes colors!

@mikesackos2208 11 ай бұрын

I think that is the lighting. I have and have cut some color change garnet, but this spessartite is not color change.

@timmsmiithgm557 Жыл бұрын

Looks spectacular, Mike!

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@tamwolf20 Жыл бұрын

I love the design Mike. I have one small piece of Spessartite that i have been saving to cut. I will have to consider this design. Great job my friend.

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

Spessartite really does sparkle! Good luck cutting yours!

@raeleenrobinson5749 Жыл бұрын

Very beautiful, I enjoy your videos greatly.

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@sibus42022 Жыл бұрын

I recently did one of these garnets with the design i sent you awhile back Mike (hex design). Absolute fire of a stone.

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know! Your design looked great in Amethyst and Citrine...I'll have to give it a try in something like Spessartite.

@ciscodahkid01 11 ай бұрын

I've just started collecting gemstones, rock slabs, I've not ventured into faceting, but I might have to take a better look at it. This stone is absolutely gorgeous the color is so eye popping catchy.

@mikesackos2208 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. Well, since you are collecting slabs, you might try starting out with a cabbing machine and creating cabochons for a while and then later get a faceting machine. The cabbing skill will help you with your faceting, especially where you need to preform a piece of rough. Best of luck to you.

@9fiveb180 Жыл бұрын

You always do such beautiful work. I just remembered watching a young lady who has several cats and a Facetron machine. I don’t remember her name or her channels name. But I’ll try to find out. Anyways..... I think you'd find her designs quite interesting and Bopie might too. This little gal creates flower inspired designs and some even have facets that aren’t polished totally. I'm more of a traditional, symmetrical, calibrated, larger and fewer facet type person. But the orchid cut Iolite she did, was REALLY pretty.

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yes, please share her KZfaq channel. I would enjoy watching.

@robertreed5424 Жыл бұрын

Amazing!! Once again. I’m still practicing on my facetron , it’s analog but so far so good. I was wondering if you had any pointers on how to get gem quality rough at a decent price? Thanks again for a great video mike !

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! As far as buying quality rough at a decent price...well...my opinion is that it takes years to learn how to evaluate rough and find and build relationships with the right vendors. My main pointer to new cutters is to not buy parcels (lots) of rough, buy individual pieces.

@evgenyk.4681 Жыл бұрын

Hello. Nice job! Can u show how do u make a transfer? I use the mix.. first part I facet with wax, then transfer it on to the super glue.. so it is very easy to transfer using the burner... So it would be nice if u share the easy method of transferring glue-to-glue.. Thank u in advance

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I will show that in a future video. Thanks for asking.

@jillbluerei4806 Жыл бұрын

Great work! When you have pocket open-up like that on one/some of the facets, how do you clean them to prevent cross-contamination as you move-on to the next/finer grits?

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

I have not worried about cross-contamination of my laps too much....if a lap picks up something from the gemstone, I stop what I am doing and clean it. Rather than cross-contamination, the issue I face in the situation you are describing is how to polish that facet.

@scottpolo688 Жыл бұрын

I’ve recently made it through all of your videos thanks for all of the hard work - I’m totally obsessed and working on getting my hands on a faceting machine!! I love your opening graphics and wondered what the inspiration for the dog in the video is - I previously assumed it was your dog (because most people try to incorporate their pets into things like this) but now I wonder if the “international jewel their” is a shout-out to Jaws over at Vintage Times? Cliff used the same laughing dog audio in his topaz video that I am currently watching 😂

@scottpolo688 Жыл бұрын

*thief

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I would say those old cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera are the inspiration for my opening cartoon. Yes, I do know Cliff, and enjoy his videos, but no, the "Jewel Thief' wanted poster has absolutely nothing to do with Cliff...in addition to Cliff's videos, I enjoy watching many other gem cutting videos....beside Cliff, there is More Gems, Gems by MBK, Stuart Gems, and several other cutters with only a couple of videos out so far....I try to watch them all, and enjoy watching gem cutting videos! Yes, in fact, Bopie and I have two small Maltese dogs named Bella and Jackie. Maltese's are white. I have toyed with putting them on screen...if you use you hand and fingers like a gun and 'shoot' Jackie, he will fall over an play dead....if you are nice to Bella, she will give you a wink...so...maybe there is a future video featuring Bella and Jackie...who knows.

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

....should have included the German Gemcutter in my list...plus many others.

@scottpolo688 Жыл бұрын

@@mikesackos2208 I have started following several of these whom you have mentioned in your videos and will check out the others you have mentioned. Thanks again!

@Aleksandra-lf8ky Жыл бұрын

dzięki zawsze coś nowego się dowiaduje

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! I also always seem to learn something new with every stone I cut.

@lm_mac7645 Жыл бұрын

Would you share your source of Helios Light Cure Super Glue? I've had trouble getting fresh glue. Thanks!

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

I got mine from Amazon. I did hear from another cutter when he ordered the Helios glue from Amazon, the package he received was already dried out. I have seen other sources on the web when I googled Helios UV glue, but I don't know if you will have any issues with glue from those sources or not.

@lm_mac7645 Жыл бұрын

@@mikesackos2208 I got mine from Amazon too but it was a year old and dried out hard. Any other suppliers?

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

@@lm_mac7645 I see some others when I search with Google,. but I don't know the companies.

@roncar6rc Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike I bought GCS program after following you on KZfaq my grogram has stop I have try to contact GCS but has no luck is there anyway to content them

@mikesackos2208 Жыл бұрын

Yes, Rej Poirier is the creator and owner of GCS. If you go to the contact information on the GCS website, you can contact Rej from there. That website also provides Rej's email address. I have never had any problems contacting Rej. Best of luck!