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- Title
A blue topaz with 2500+ facets.
- Authors
Overton, Thomas W.
- Abstract
The article reports on the presentation of a selection of gems cut by Terry Lee Martin, a gemstone artist and owner of 5Cs Collectors in Seattle, Washington, to editors of "Gems & Gemology" magazine. Among the gems shown by Martin are a 16.9 ct blue topaz with estimated 2,530 facets. More than 200 similar gems have been completed by Martin, but the topaz is the most complex among the gems he had cut so far. Conventional faceting techniques and equipment are used by Martin to cut the gems. However, months of practice was needed by Martin to learn how to polish facets.
- Subjects
SEATTLE (Wash.); WASHINGTON (State); GEMS &; precious stones; TOPAZ; MARTIN, Terry Lee; COLLECTORS &; collecting
- Publication
Gems & Gemology, 2008, Vol 44, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
0016-626X
- Publication type
Article