A Christmas Gem

[gronkus]

Hi all,

First off, I want to wish all of you and your families a very merry Xmas!! May this holiday season be a truly joyous time for you and 2010 be a wonderful year.

I also wanted to post what will likely be my final gemstone of 2009. I cut this for my employer as a surprise gift I will give him tomorrow. I tried to incorporate my company's software logo in a gem design and highlight those "logo facets" by keeping them frosted. Shown in the pic is the logo as well as the finished stone.

In retrospect, I'm fairly happy with it as a novelty cut but if I were to do it over I would either polish the middle "dot" which is on the pavilion or frost the table. But frosting the culet seemed to kill a good bit of the "light engine" that the pavilion serves.

Anyway, coming up with the design itself was a real challenge

Dave

[postal]

Very unique Dave.What is the material ? Pete

[ken]

Wow! Another FIRST. You do excellent work. How are you going to top this?
Ken

[writerman2255]

That is some work. Great job!

Love and Light, Tom.

[mickey]

That's a monster stone. You did a great job in recreating the company's logo. Your employer should love it. Keep cutting!!

[gronkus]

Thanks, all! The material is called "Jewel-Lite" which is glass-like in hardness but has a crazy high RI. Unfortunately all this frosting killed the brilliance so I'll have to cut another one to really show off its potential. It is easy to polish (cerium) but is a bit brittle and it will scratch easy. I purchased it from CreativeGems who are a bunch of terrific folks in case you want to try some ;-)

..Dave