I have a few items that I no longer use and may be of value to someone new to faceting. Rather than giving them away to the first person to respond I would like to see if any new cutters would be willing to take a shot with a short quiz.
The prizes: "The art of Gem Cutting" by Dr. H.C. Drake, "Facet Cutters Handbook" by Edward J. Soukup, and a Fac-ette Gemstone Faceting DVD. The DVD is specific to the Fac-ette, but it still is useful to someone new to cutting. I will also include "Gem Trails of Arizona" as a bonus.
The rules: Identify the gems numbered 1 - 19. Whoever gets the most correct and is one of the first 5 participants gets the stuff. These are fairly common gemstones. If there is a tie the first person with the most correct wins. I will ship for free to anywhere in the lower 48 states.
Have fun with the quiz ... the photo is a quickie, but should be good enough for this. I just grabbed what was sitting on my desk this morning and did a quick group shot.
Good Luck - STEVO
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Post subject: Re: Quiz for New Faceters - Books to winner
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:10 pm
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Im not a faceter yet but I love Quizes! And that is a very nice idea! I´ll take a try too and I´ve put in some strange guesses so I maybe hit at least one of the traps you layed out
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Post subject: Re: Quiz for New Faceters - Books to winner
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:09 pm
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Man that's tricky, a number of them could be a couple of things. Jason you spoil sport, I coulda checked my guesses. Wonder if someone gets a sympathy prize?
Sorry for the delay, but it was CRAZY BEAUTIFUL in Minnesota yesterday! Have to enjoy those days when they are available in the land of snow and ice.
Everyone who sent in answers did very well, but Egor was the most impressive with only 3 wrong which going off of a photo is the best you can expect. Looking for a cheap way to get the stuff to Spain ...
Here are the answers: 1 Citrine 2 Peach Tourmaline 3 Rhodolite Garnet 4 Arizona Peridot 5 Pink Tourmaline 6 Spessartite Garnet 7 White Topaz 8 Goshenite 9 BlueTopaz 10 Montana Sapphire 11 Rhodolite Garnet 12 Pink Tourmaline 13 Green / Blue Tourmaline 14 Grossular Garnet 15 Spessartite Garnet 16 Tri Color Tourmaline 17 Aquamarine 18 Aquamarine 19 Ametrine
BTW: Thanks for playing. Wish I had a few of the stones that were guessed!
- STEVO
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