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Pro-Quality 20-Piece Diamond-Point Bit Set for Rotary Tool - Glass, Stone, Ceramic $1.10 Professional Quality, 1/8 in. Shank, 180 Grit. Includes 20 assorted shapes covered with diamond particles. All bits have 1/8 in. shanks and come in convienient plastic holder. Excellent for fine detail work, cutting, engraving, carving, touch-up and finishing. Use on wood, jade, ceramic, glass, hardened steel, semi-precious stones and other hard materials.... |
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50pc DIAMOND BURR SET- Ceramics Tile Glass Lapidary for ROTARY TOOLS $14.15 Assorted shapes and sizes for your work. Use them to remove burrs on glass, metal, stone, wood, ceramics, fiberglass and plastic. Diamonds are nickel-bonded to the surface and are of fine to medium grit. Each has a 1/8'' shank for use with motor tools, drills, high speed die grinders, and flex shafts. Set comes in a PVC case.... |
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3M 6002J Diamond Hand Pads - 2-1/4 x 3-3/4. 1800 grit hand pad. $13.00 3M 6002J Diamond Hand Pads are simply the best diamond hand pads on the market. Long lasting and easy to use, the diamonds make short work of surface preparation on glass, stone, metal and ceramic. Easy to hold and easy to use. One 1800 grit hand pad... |
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DIAMOND BURS 20PC SET 1/8” SHANK 120-150 GRIT LAPIDARY GLASS BITS ROTARY POINTS $5.95 |
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30 DIAMOND BURS SET 1/8” SHANK MEDIUM GRIT LAPIDARY JEWELERS ROTARY BITS DREMEL $7.95 |
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180 x 5mm Curved Grit Diamond Lapidary Needle Files 10 Pcs $16.98 |
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3 LB COARSE ROCK TUMBLER 36 GRIT SILICON CARBIDE LAPIDARY POLISHING TUMBLING $12.95 |
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4 LB COARSE ROCK TUMBLER 36 GRIT SILICON CARBIDE LAPIDARY POLISHING TUMBLING $15.95 |
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8" 80 grit diamond flat lap lapidary cabachon disc sjt $28.95 |
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8" 260 grit diamond flat lap lapidary cabachon disc sjt $19.95 |
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30 Piece 240 Grit Diamond Drill Set Lapidary Tool 3/32" $27.99 |
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30 Piece 400 Grit Diamond Drill Set Lapidary Tool 3/32" $27.99 |
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Lapidary Diamond Powder (28/20 mkm.) 600Grit,Mesh. weigh-50ct=10 Gram $14.00 |
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Lapidary Diamond Powder size 500 Grit ,Mesh ( 40/28 micron).,weigh=50ct=10Gram $14.00 |
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5# GROUND CORN COB Tumblers Lapidary Supplies Grit BJs $8.00 |
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1 lb ROCK TUMBLER 220 GRIT SILICON CARBIDE POLISHING TUMBLING MEDIA LAPIDARY $11.50 |
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New 8" Nova DIAMOND LAPIDARY WHEEL U-Pick Grit~RockPile $150.00 |
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New 8" GALAXY DIAMOND LAPIDARY WHEEL 80 Grit ~ RockPile $185.00 |
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New 8" GALAXY DIAMOND LAPIDARY WHEEL 220 Grit ~RockPile $128.00 |
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BUTW 100 grit 8" diamond lapidary grinding wheel $145.00 |
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BUTW 8" 60 grit diamond lapidary grinding wheel $165.00 |
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BUTW 6" 3000 grit diamond lapidary faceting flat lap $42.00 |
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6" 260 grit SACHI PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc I $13.95 |
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6 x 600 grit Sachi PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc I $13.95 |
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6 x 1800 grit Sachi PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc I $14.95 |
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6 x 3000 grit PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc I $15.95 |
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8 x 100 grit Sachi PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc $21.95 |
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8 x 80 grit Sachi PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc $23.95 |
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8 x 400 grit PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishi disc I $18.99 |
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8 x 500 grit PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc I $18.99 |
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8 x 600 grit PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc I $18.99 |
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8 x 1200 grit PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc I $19.99 |
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8 x 1800 grit PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc I $20.99 |
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8 x 3000 grit PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc I $22.99 |
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6" 1200 grit diamond flat lap lapidary cabochon grinding polishing disc sjt $16.95 |
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6 x 3000 grit PERFECT diamond flat lap lapidary grinding polishing disc I $18.95 |
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30 Diamond Burrs 600 Grit-Lapidary FITS DREMEL TYPE ROTARY TOOLS $10.99 |
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BUTW 8" flat lap diamond lapidary faceting 360 grit $37.00 |
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BUTW 6" flat lap diamond lapidary faceting 60 grit $29.99 |
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BUTW 8" flat lap diamond lapidary faceting 180 grit $39.00 |
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BUTW 8" flat lap diamond lapidary faceting 80 grit $48.00 |
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BUTW 8" flat lap diamond lapidary faceting 100 grit $44.00 |
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BUTW 8" flat lap diamond lapidary faceting 260 grit $38.00 |
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BUTW 8" flat lap diamond lapidary faceting 1200 grit $39.00 |
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BUTW 8" flat lap diamond lapidary faceting 3000 grit $53.99 |
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BUTW 8" flat lap diamond lapidary faceting 600 grit $38.00 |
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Raytech Lapidary Supply Diamond 100 Grit Rock Supplies * Dimafast P 100 * New $88.00 |
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RAYTECH INDUSTRIES 6 INCH NUBOND 1200 GRIT LAPIDARY DISC $31.00 |
In the gemstone world, a cabochon is a stone that is cut with a highly polished rounded or convex top with no faceting, with a flat or slightly domed base. A cabochon may be cut in any shape, though oval is by far the most common. The term comes from the French caboche, meaning knob or small dome. Certain stones are almost always cut "en cabochon," including opal, turquoise, onyx, moonstone, and star sapphire. In the gemstone world you will often hear the term cabochon shortened to "cab."
Technically, cabochons are not really "cut." Rather they are shaped and then polished. It is thus a much simpler task to produce a cabochon than it is to cut a faceted gem with many faces. Before the art of faceting was developed, all gemstones were produced as cabochons, though some were intricately carved as well.
Faceted gemstones made their appearance in European jewelry during the late 13th and early 14th centuries. With the advent of the horizontally turning cutting-wheel in the late 1400's came the possibility of designing and repeating elaborately conceived geometric faceting schemes, thereby controlling and enhancing the light coming from within the stone.
The fascination with geometry and reflected light during the Renaissance accelerated the development of a sophisticated lapidary art. Starting with the Renaissance gem-cutting trade in Bruges, to Venice, Florence and eventually the whole of Europe, the management of light became the central theme in gem cutting.
Once the technology and skill was available to facet gemstones, why were cabochons still produced? The question is an interesting one because different gems are cut as cabs for different reasons. In many cases it is because the gem has special properties that are displayed only when it is cut as a cabochon. Examples are gems that display asterism (the star effect) or chatoyancy (the cat's eye effect) or iridescence (e.g., opal) or adularescence (e.g., moonstone).
Most gems that are opaque rather than transparent are cut as cabochons rather than faceted. You will also see lower grade material in gemstones such as sapphire, ruby and garnet cut as cabs. If the gem material has very good color but is not sufficiently transparent or clean to be faceted, it can still be shaped and polished to be a very attractive cabochon. It is also common to cut softer stones as cabs, since gems with a hardness less than 7 (on the Mohs scale) can easily be scratched by the quartz in dust and grit. Minute scratches show much less on a cabochon than on a faceted stone.
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GemSelect is a leading online dealer in fine gemstones, specializing in sapphire, spinel, tourmaline, topaz and zircon. Cabochon Gemstones
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com - Why Some Gemstones are Cut as Cabochons
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