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cliffsearch

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Polishing Garnet?
« on: November 12, 2017, 08:33:12 PM »
I have a nice Nigerian Garnet that I want to cut soon. The only thing is, so far I've only been faceting quartz based gems. So I use a Lucite Disc and Cerium Oxide with great effect. Can you polish Garnet on a Lucite Disc?  I've been cutting for about 4 months so sorry about the newbie questions. Regards Cliff
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Re: Polishing Garnet?
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2017, 07:31:10 AM »
I would not try to polish garnet with cerium.  That polish works best with stones in the 6 to 7 hardness range such as quartz.

You would be better to try aluminium or tin oxide with garnet.

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Leah
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cliffsearch

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Re: Polishing Garnet?
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2017, 09:05:25 AM »
I would not try to polish garnet with cerium.  That polish works best with stones in the 6 to 7 hardness range such as quartz.

You would be better to try aluminium or tin oxide with garnet.

cheers
Leah
Can you us Aluminium Oxide on a Lucite Disc? Thanks

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Re: Polishing Garnet?
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2017, 09:57:57 AM »
Can you us Aluminium Oxide on a Lucite Disc? Thanks

Lucite laps are really old school and there are probably better options out there now but I dont see any reason why you cannot use Alumina in the same way as you currently use Cerium.  Would probably suggest not using both oxides on the same lap though.

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Leah
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