We are having a ton of fun at the #TucsonGemShow - come by 22nd street and see us :)

I cut this laser titanium sapphire gemstone from a PhD dissertation! The scientist who grew this sent it to me in exchange for getting a cut stone, and I think it turned out pretty cool - the little bubbles from the growth give it some character. #labgems #lasers
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We will be at the 22nd Street Gem Show (22ndstgem.show) again in 2025!
It's open Jan 30 – Feb 16 (10a to 6p)
We will have fun labmade gems to show off, so come ready to see things glow :)
We are in Booth C22, near door 1.
#Tucson #GemShow #LabGems #Fluorescent

How does this work for ya?
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If you're looking for a cheap machine, my brother and I put together the CutKit (www.facet.ing) which lets you upgrade a cheap Vevor base into a fully functional faceting setup for less than $500 all in (including the laps, diamond compound, wax, and some starter rough which are all in the kit)

Cool project! They came out great :)

I faceted a gem for Brandon Sanderson and giving it to him at the Wind and Truth release! It was a super fun project to do :)

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Natural Fluorite is what Fluorescence was named after, but this is labmade europium-doped scintillator fluorite. Used to detect invisible radiation, it has a bright blue glow (our camera turns it purple)

Fluorite is a bit soft for most jewelry (like rings), but it's possible to wear as a pendant.

I did a d20 on mine ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Dc... )

At the risk of self-promotion, cheapest way is probably to get a CutKit setup from our site at www.facet.ing. If you want to see it in use, Hedron Rockworks did a faceting side-by-side comparing against the high-end machine he normally uses for his amazing gem dice www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxq5...

We named this synthetic gem "Christmas Garnet". It has a green base color and a strong red fluorescence from chromium ions (the same ion that makes ruby red and emerald green). Used in lasers as a q-switch (to convert from continuous to pulsed fire), Cr:YAG is one of the coolest gems I've ever seen.

Hedron Rockworks just cut one, it looks amazing in his vid www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIYJ...

Hello! We're on BlueSky now, and excited to show off the new gems we've got in stock.
This is Samarium-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Sm:YAG). For scientific use, small quantities are grown for use in diamond anvils - the fluorescence color changes very controllably with pressure.