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 Post subject: Rough Emeral crystal
PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:38 am 
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Hi guys

I had this crystal with me for almost a year. I am to the forum and i thought i should display it to you guys. Regarding cutting, i haven't decided it. Should i cut it though?


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 Post subject: Re: Rough Emeral crystal
PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2016 8:39 pm 
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Well, it's a decent crystal, but not perfect.

I'd suggest keeping it as a pretty specimen, but if you need the money, and the clarity is good enough that it's worth more cut, I don't think it's that big a deal.

It's not like green beryl is rare.


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 Post subject: Re: Rough Emeral crystal
PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2016 8:50 pm 
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I'd keep it as a specimen.


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 Post subject: Re: Rough Emeral crystal
PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2016 1:30 pm 
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Definitely as a specimen - I don't see that you'll get a nice stone out of it.

So you have a great (but not perfect) specimen, and why sacrifice that for an awefull cut stone (with added expense for cutting)?

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