Cutting a Massive Gemstone Over 1000 Carats! How I Facet This Jumbo Quartz

I take on faceting a very large piece of quartz. The piece is over twice as large of the largest stone that I have cut up to this point. I spend nearly 40 hours cutting this stone. The starting weight of the rough piece was 3,215 Carats/643 Grams. The cut piece weighs 1,160 carats. Design for this stone: Pages that I use for free faceting diagrams Amazon Affiliate Links. Disclaimer: as part of Amazon’s Associates program, I make a small commission off amazon sales through affiliate links. These are products that I use that can be found on Amazon. 40x Loupe: Digital Caliper: Gorilla Super Glue Gel: Liquid Super Glue: 6 Piece Tweezers Set: Trim Saw: Trim Saw Blades: I bought an assortment of new topper laps in different grit sizes just for working on this stone. The massive quartz wore a few of them out. I just bought some cheap ones on amazon that worked with my machine. Topper laps don’t cut as true to angle as solid laps, but they are a cheap alternative: Camera used in this video: Marco attachment used for close ups: