tags: #publish links: [[Topic Map]] created: 2021-12-22 Wed --- # Gemstone Faceting [[Gemstone Faceting equipment]] [[Gemstone Polishing]] [[Gemstone Rough]] [[Immersion fluids and refractive idexes]] [[Gemstone dust hazard]] [[GIA Colour grading system]] [[Gemstone Setting]] [[Subsurface damage depth for each grit size]] ## Training and Tutorials Tom Herbst - http://www.facetingbook.com/ https://facetingapprentice.thinkific.com/ https://www.gemsociety.org/ https://www.rockpeddler.com/product-category/instructional-materials/ https://storiedgemstones.com/blogs/thoughts-for-faceters-starting-out-3/which-stones-and-designs-to-start-your-journey-in-faceting and adjacent pages YouTube: - Justin K Prim https://www.youtube.com/justinkprim - Arya Akhavan - **Faceting 101** https://youtu.be/5uKVH0VGrfo - Gemology for Schmucks - Bopie's (Michael Sackos) - VintageTime - MoreGems ## Faceting designs [[Gemstone faceting designs - public sources]] ## Communities https://usfacetersguild.org/ https://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/index.php Reddit - r/faceting ## Lapidary clubs Sydney: Parramatta-Holroyd: https://parraholroydlapidaryclub.weebly.com/ ## Gem Shows http://www.mineral.org.au/shows/shows.html https://www.aussiemineralhub.com/2022-gem-mineral-crystal-show-dates/ https://www.gem.org.au/events/ https://gemlapidarycouncilnsw.org.au/events/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/AustralianGemShows/ ## Commercial https://www.gemsociety.org/article/stones-make-money/ https://www.gemsociety.org/article/stone-size-importance-selling/ https://www.gemsociety.org/article/price-and-value-factory-cut-vs-custom-cut-gemstones/