Faceting Gemstone
The beginner faceting at Mt Gravatt Lapidary Society is taught by appointment only and attract additional costs. Our faceting instructors specialise in all aspects of faceting and have a wide range of experience.
The faceting room at the Society is air-conditioned for student's comfort and currently has two Facetron, two Hall & one VJ machine. This combination of machines allows members to gain experience with the wide variety of machines available to the faceting hobbyist within Australia. |
Faceting is the precision technique of cutting multiple facets into a transparent gemstone. This technique emphasises the refraction of light within the cut stone creating an added brilliance better known to the average person as sparkle.
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