Faceting Gemstone
Session Times
By appointment with a Faceeting instractor
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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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A peek into our faceting room... |
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Would love to join our community? |
All new memberships includes the rough and instruction to cut 3 standard cabochons. Beginner cabochon cutting happens on Tuesday night from 7pm to 9:30pm, Wednesday morning 9am to 12noon & Friday night 7pm to 9:30pm. You don't need to register for these classes, just turn up and make yourself known the duty instructor.
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