John is a gifted facter who developed his stone cutting skills by faceting over 1,000 colored stones and cabochon cutting over 350 stones.  John is a member of the United States Faceters Guild and cuts most of the colored stones used in his jewelry. All of the stones that he cuts are for sale either loose or available to be set in jewelry.  John also cut for hire and will cut client's facet grade rough stones into beautiful faceted gemstones. All of John's faceted colored stones are for sale directly from John and can be purchased by calling him at (859) 539-2407 or by email request to JohnWright@GemsByJohn.com


 
The photo above left is a piece of brown zircon from Cambodia.  When I cut the stone it came out very dark as you can see in the photo above right.  I sort of expected it since the corners of the rough stone show the same very dark color. Zircon is a stone that is fairly easy to heat treat in a test tube over an alcohol flame just a few minutes watching for the color to lighten.

I heated the finished stone once and it lighted significantly bringing out the more natural orange brown color as you can see in the photo below left.  Unfortunately the stone was still fairly dark unless the light caught it just right.  So, I heated it a second time as seen in the photo below right of the stone set in 14K yellow gold ring.  The final color is a peach color. See what my client in Oregon had to say (her comment are below the photos below)
 
I'm so excited to see the ring yesterday and I'm loving it!  It pretty, it turn out perfect for the color of the stone and to the yellow gold. You did a great job. I will show it to my sister.

These are just a few stones I have cut that are available to buy.

Stones in the rough and after cutting set in gold rings


Amethyst and Green Beryl

DIAMONDS

Commercially cut diamonds are available in every grade to compliment my personally cut colored stones. I am a stone cutter and I facet all varieties of colored stones-- except -- I do not personally cut or re-cut diamonds. Diamonds are faceted in much the same way and using the same methods as that of their brethren colored stones. However diamond-cutting equipment is just a tab bit more industrial in size. Laps are 12” cast iron and turn at 10 times the revolutions per minute than the 8” laps used to cut colored stones. Mechanical claws hold the diamonds on the dop instead of bonded with glue. I use diamonds to accent my colored stones and purchase diamonds precut from diamond site holders and broker. I also have access to vast inventories of large cut graded diamonds for center stones.

A limited number of my faceted stones are for sale from distributors and can be purchased through the following website. 
Hassam Ventures

GEMSTONES 
   To be regarded as a gemstone, a mineral must most-importantly be: BEAUTIFUL  in color 
     DURABLE  to survive constant use without becoming scratched or damaged 
     RARE  because scarcity gives it greater market value 
 

These five are the most highly prized gemstones
 DIAMOND 
SAPPHIRE
 RUBY
 EMERALD
PEARL

WORLD DISTRIBUTION

These are just a few stones I have cut and sold.

I’M LOCATED IN
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
HORSE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD


MAILING ADDRESS
Gems By John LLC
Suite 150-195
4101 Tates Creek Centre Dr
Lexington, KY 40517

PHONE NUMBER
(859) 539-2407

E-MAIL
JohnWright@GemsByJohn.com

       
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