Faceting a peridot gemstone .

This video demonstrates the cutting and polishing of a faceted gemstone, also known as lapidary. Im a hobby cutter living in the USA.
I also cast precious metals into jewelry and set the stones into them. I casted the ring in this video and set the gem myself.
Some of my finished gemstones and jewelry can be seen and purchased in my etsy.com store. www.etsy.com/shop/Gemsbymbk?r...
My facebook page is brent knowlton
contact me by email at [e-mail]
I now use an ultra tec v2 faceting machine with digital angle upgrade.
www.ultratec-facet.com

[@VintageTimeGems]

Well done Brent. I always like the color of Peridot. I think the green looks good with the gold ring.

[@tennpikr74]

Thanks very much cliff, its one of my favorite stones to cut.

[@JoMunianga]

First time seeing peridot being facetted. Nice!

[@tennpikr74]

Thanks jo, i really like cutting it. Big pieces are scarce and expensive.

[@gemfaceter]

Very nice job the stone and ring are beautiful thanks for sharing.

[@tennpikr74]

Thank you.

[@xx-vk5ol]

great video Brent

[@tennpikr74]

Thanks very much.

[@johncrumpley8702]

Very nice cut, Brent. It really looks great on your casting. Thanks for the video.

[@tennpikr74]

Thanks john, hope you are doing ok.

[@nurettinburak4061]

Very good master😊😊😊

[@AUSTIN12345631]

fantastic I love the ultratec.

[@tennpikr74]

Thank you, yes they are very good machines.

[@tamwolf20]

Hi Brent, I havent really commented much but I follow all your videos. You Vintage Time, and Bopie are who I follow regularly. Loved the peridot video. I have a few and have yet to cut one. I heard it can be hard to polish but with this video I think my friends may be forgetting how soft this is compared to quartz or sapphire. Great video and I loved the casting you made. I like how you were showing what a calibrated cut means. Oh and it was cool to see in the intro section you with your award certificate.

[@tennpikr74]

Thanks tam, yes peridot at times is cantakerous, its good to have different polishing laps on hand to try what works best . Im actually working on an amber stone right now and trying to get a good polish is really alluding me , im running out of options. its a very soft stone 2.5 MOHs so its a real challenge . Thanks for the certificate mention, i came in 2nd in the US faceters guild single stone novice competition for 2019. Thanks for watching and your comments.

[@tamwolf20]

@@tennpikr74 Wow Brent. Amber? That is soft. Are you cabbing it ? I could only imagine that. So awesome on your placing in the USFG. I am going to be entering a novice competition this year. More to get professional input and feedback so I continue to grow. Out of curiosity what was your first faceting machine? Also may I send you a friend request? We are in some of the same faceting groups but I always ask first and I am never offended if the answer is no.

[@tennpikr74]

@@tamwolf20 im faceting the amber, my first machine was an utra tec. Sure you can friend me, im glad to help if i can.

[@henryfonda300]

Another great video. The stone is beautiful. I look forward to each of your videos, it's nice to see which laps you use for each stone, I always learn something from every video.

[@tennpikr74]

Thanks jess, im glad you get something good out of these.

[@genesiscarolina9910]

Great!!!!

[@karinaind5182]

👍..

[@ltpaulbtv]

Love to see how you cast that ring. I'm looking to cast a new ring.

[@tennpikr74]

Good luck!

[@gemmeum]

That's impressive. Beautifully done. ❤️

[@tennpikr74]

Thanks very much.

[@wellintonbomfim6189]

simplimente fascinante.

[@kseibert60]

Hi Brent, great looking stone, nicely done. Would you please tell me where you got this chart with all the angles and R.I.? Thank you, and Happy Faceting.

[@tennpikr74]

I found it somewhere on the net, i can send you one . contact me by email at [e-mail]

[@donsilverbulletspider3925]

As always I really enjoy your videos and the explainations. Where did you get the chart showing the cutting angles? I normally just use previous designs which give all the information.

[@tennpikr74]

Thanks don, contact me by email and ill try to find it in my pcs docs and mail it to you.

[@ottjvtimes]

I need a table like you refer to in the video regarding the critical angles for various materials. Where can I find that table or one like it?

[@tennpikr74]

Larry : email me here and ill get that to you.
[e-mail]

[@jademarie156]

Did you ever get to find out what kind of gemstone the red one was a few videos ago?

[@tennpikr74]

Most of us decided its a garnet.

[@haithamhaitham7335]

How much is the polishing machine?

[@tennpikr74]

This machine costs around $4000 USD

[@haithamhaitham7335]

@@tennpikr74 thank u very much

[@MrPipo123321]

Hi , great video ,Is there an email that we can use to communicate? Thanks 😊🙏🏼

[@tennpikr74]

[e-mail]