(Baonghean.vn) - Quy Hop is a region with quite special soil. Therefore, in the process of mining, people discovered precious stones that could be used to make jewelry. Accordingly, the profession of making jewelry stones was born.
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| Being careful and meticulous to every detail to "transform" lifeless stones into sophisticated jewelry products is the job of stone craftsmen. |
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| The gemstones here are mainly sapphire, quartz... |
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| To create sophisticated stones, the craftsman must meticulously perform each step.stages such as stone selection, grinding, attaching, rotating belts, polishing the front and back of products...First is the stone selection process. According to craftsmen, because it is natural stone, almost every stone has defects, so the craftsmen know how to choose the most beautiful positions. |
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| After choosing the desired stone, it is necessary to grind it to a certain size. |
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| Position the stone before pressing the face. |
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| The step of pressing the surface before sizing, cutting facets... is to fix the stone firmly before performing operations on the machine. |
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| The step of shaping the stone surface according to size or also known as shaping the stone surface into a circle, oval,... Because the productThe products are sometimes just tiny stone surfaces, so it requires the craftsman to be not only skillful but also very patient. |
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| Next comes the cutting step, which requires the craftsman to be truly "skilled", to have a firm grasp of knowledge related to the size and thickness of the product, and to know how to cut it accurately. |
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| A beautiful gemstone must possess all the elements such as shape, color, sophistication, and prominence of natural values. |
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| After finishing, the stone surface must be shiny and transparent... |
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| Sharing his experience about gemstones, Mr. Than Quang Trung, a jewelry stone craftsman in Minh Tam hamlet, Minh Hop commune (Quy Hop) said: The concept of fake - real gemstones or natural - artificial gemstones often has many different meanings. It is very difficult to distinguish between real and fake, so buyers must first go to reputable stores, when choosing to buy, they can use a high magnification magnifying glass to check, the basic point that can be easily recognized is that natural gemstones always have veins, fractures, impurities, whether little or much... |
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