Trichy, once regarded as the capital of artificial gem cutting, an industry which manually made diamond lookalike stones, had lost its market to the aggressive pricing and machinery expertise of China ...

Rubies, emeralds and tourmalines can only sparkle with the right cut. Since early this year, a fully automatic machine has undertaken this grinding process one gem cutter. It saves up to 30 percent of ...

* Photo: Corbis * Getting a perfect diamond or ruby from a raw stone has always been more art than science. Each gem must be meticulously cut and polished by hand. The problem: It can take up to four ...

GemCreator takes the form of a 3D printed gemstone faceting machine which has been created by the team at Swirling Brain and offers a unique way to create your very own gem creating system which is ...