OMNI Heart - Synthetic Sapphire (corundum)

7 x 8 mm - Cut with 1200 diamond and polished with 8000 diamond
My deepest gratitude to Dennis Anderson (FGSC)
for pointing out that 3000 diamond makes pits on corundum!
It was driving me crazy, it started as a 12+ mm gemstone

Three Wise Men - First five sides gem
Tourmaline CC Fused Qtz. - Hardness: 6-7 - Spec. Grav.: 3.968 - RI: 1.63 - Critical angle: 37.84

US Faceters Guild nov. 2012
Emerald Fused Qtz. - Hardness: 6-7 - Spec. Grav.: 3.636 - RI: 1.59 - Critical angle: 38.97

4.1 carats - Spec. Grav.: 3.636 - RI: 1.59

US Faceters Guild nov. - small 2012
Emerald Fused Qtz. - Hardness: 6-7 - Spec. Grav.: 3.636 - RI: 1.59 - Critical angle: 38.97

0.9 carats - Spec. Grav.: 3.636 - RI: 1.59

First Emerald cut
Emerald Fused Qtz. - Hardness: 6-7 - Spec. Grav.: 3.636 - RI: 1.59 - Critical angle: 38.97

14.5 carats - Spec. Grav.: 3.636 - RI: 1.59

Standard Round Brilliant (SRB)
Dark Lav CC Fused Qtz - Hardness: 6-7 - Spec. Grav.: 3.815 - RI: 1.63 - Critical angle: 39.34

3.6 carats - Spec. Grav.: 3.815 - RI: 1.63

First Standard Round Brilliant (SRB) - Rough rock (marble) came with the Ultra Tec V5
Facet angles adjusted by tangent angle conversion using the measured refractive index (RI) = 1.52

11.1 carats - Spec. Grav.: 2.486 - RI: 1.52

Cushion - First clear gem faceted on the Ultra Tec V2-V5

5.0 carats - Spec. Grav.: 2.636
Table (T) a bit over cut creating four new small facets

Solid Standard Round Brilliant (SRB) - Second faceted gem on the Ultra Tec V2

3.9 carats - Spec. Grav.: 2.564

Solid Simple Jack - First faceted work on the Ultra Tec V2

13.3 carats - Spec. Grav.: 2.604