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This first image in
a series to show common poor meetpoints, displays a pair
of pavilion break facets which do not meet. 60X. |
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This pavilion's main
facets do not meet at the culet properly. 60X. |
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The edge of this crown
has a large rectangular facet where a kite shaped main
facet should be. 60X. |
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The pavilion wing facets
of this rectangular pseudo-barion do not meet properly. 60X. |
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The facets of this square
brilliant do not meet properly at the table of this gem
(table in white). 60X. |
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The images above were
taken with the Faceter's Digest Digital Microscope,
an Intel QX3. The scope has three settings, 10, 60
and 200X. The 60X setting seems to be about typical
of what you would see when examining a gem with a 10X loupe. At
the 10X setting, the magnification is much lower and with
a greater field of view than a normal 10X loupe. The
microscope is capable of shooting realtime video and can
also produce slide shows. Perhaps we can utilize
these features on the internet in the future as my programming
experience increases. All of the gemstones above
were cut in Bangkok, Thailand.
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