[Rockhounds] Faceting computer

[Drew]

I have emailed the contact listed on the PDF that I posted... I asked him
some of the questions that the group had.  I will let you all know if I
receive a response.

Thanks,
Drew


On 4/15/08, Juergen Wachsmuth <JWachsmuth at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hello group,
> most of your comments did not sound convinced of the idea. Maybe you are
> right.
> Nevertheless let me say that these people of the Wild company in
> Idar-Oberstein
> are experts. They know what they are doing in the business of stone
> cutting. So
> I would say they probably have answers to the questions mentioned here, or
> they
> are working at them.
>
> Regards,
> Jürgen Wachsmuth
>
>
> Rock Currier schrieb:
>
> > Don's right, that computer faceting outfit would make a hash out of most
> > natural gem rough. I think the guys that designed it were obviously
> machine
> > tool guys that didn't know anything much about mineralogy. The system
> would
> > work great for isotropic stones that were all of uniform color intensity
> and
> > without flaws, which is so rarely the case with natural gem rough, that
> it
> > isn't worth talking about. It is however the first step in what may be
> in a
> > generation or two a system that might be useful in cutting stones. Now
> they
> > have to work on the hard part, to somehow create a program that is smart
> > enough to know all about cleavage, refractive index, dichroism,
> dispersion,
> > inclusions, color zoning etc and to be able to take all this and to make
> > reasonable judgements about how to get the most valuable stone out of
> the
> > rough. Oh, and don't forget the demands of the market place and fashion
> that
> > influince the kinds of stontes that are in fashion this year. I think
> this
> > device will start to replace skilled stone cutters about the time they
> learn
> > to cure the common cold which does not appear to be any time soon.
> > Rock
> >
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