When I broke my shoulder last August, the citrine pictured here was in the machine and ready for adding the concave facets to the pavilion. And then it sat that way for months. It took a lot longer than I expected to recover from the joint replacement surgery. I needed to regain mobility, strength and stamina before I could approach the fantasy machine — especially to deal with such a large stone. And of course, besides faceting there were many other areas which also had been neglected and needed attention.
When finally finished the stone was 27.29 cts. and measures 30.3 x 12.6 x 9.7 mm.
I did a couple of smaller pieces of smoky quartz as practice getting back up to speed before finishing the citrine. The octagon shaped one is 4.04 cts. and measures 10.6 x 6.9 mm. The other is 11.0 x 9.0 mm. and 6.71 cts. Both have concave facets on the pavilion.