Thanks for your high praise~ i'm trying to continue honing my skills for the adventures to come. May they be many.

Thanks Trevor. It was a beast to make, but its all worth it if folks get a spark out of it.

Bwahahah - your stories are the greatest. Thank you for your constant support. That said: I legit did get burnt in the making of this film. Friggin' dop wax and obsessive nature~!

Thanks very much ~ Immense transformation eh?

Gotta have a little tension in every story eh? XD

Thank you ~ It's actually from a different artist than Jeremy Soule, but much in the same flavour. I enjoy both ^_^

Elisabeth, you're too kind. Thank you ~

You're too kind~

Thank you - I strive to share what I have in a way that folks enjoy and benefit from.

Sorry about the distractions...I mean... you're welcome?! Cheers~

Hallo from Bangkok~ cheers and thank you for your kind words.

@@GemologyforSchmucks Seriously you are up to Bangkok. I thought you were in England or some European country

Thanks very much~

Thanks Charles

Thanks Tony~!

Glad to help~ if you want to get into gems, the big questions are: what do you like, and how will you provide value to some part of the market.

Thanks very much~ Trials and tribulations are not always for nothing eh!~

Thank you ~ i'm glad to hear it.

Thanks very much.

It is not ~ interestingly enough. There's another video coming out soon (two actually) that will share the secrets. Let's get this video over 1k views first XD My ego requires attention hahaha.

It should be a flame fusion synthetic sapphire, you can see it by the shape of a boule and the colour concentration decreasing from the outside to the inside. #73 or #78?

@@kaiheidillonau6073 Well identified~ as to the #, I got this rough from a friend in a trade, so i'm missing a few details.

@@kaiheidillonau6073 yes a #73 or #78 from Djeva, they produce a wide variety of lab sapphire. The green is particularly rare and sought after making it expensive as it’s harder to produce

Thanks for the info.

Thanks very much, Thoralf. I'm also a huge fan of indicolite, as long as it is open. Afghanistan produces some rather neon blues (non-paraiba type chemical content to my understanding) There's so many excellent colours in tourmaline, which makes it deadly hard to choose. Minty green is pretty possessing too.

cheers~!

This is synthetic corundum. It is quite different on a crystalline level/ physical properties level from that product.

That would be the wiser choice, yes

@@GemologyforSchmucks yes, but I'll still watch for the help', your videos help me a lot.

indeed - there is beauty in many things. No need to be obsessed about someone else's definition of perfection.

I'll see what I can do - i've actually not cut any cabochons before, so that might be a good opportunity to bite the bullet. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hi Mahesh~ I have a video that im editing now, and coming out in the next few weeks on exactly this topic. Keep an eye out, and subscribe if you haven't yet.

Perfect question - once we get over 1k views on the video i'll release the next one on exactly that.

@@GemologyforSchmucks Just hit 1,025, congrats. Curious minds need to know.

@@canadiangemstones7636 Thanks for the update ~ The next video is now public. I hope it is of service.

Hi Bilal, I am not German no. Some of my German friends were also curious about the name of my channel.

@@GemologyforSchmucks ok thanks thats why i asked 😅