One World Gemstone – Custom Faceted Gemstones

As a child, Cathy was first exposed to rock collecting by her mother.  Together they would identify rocks found during walks on Long Island Beaches in New York.  “We would head back home and attempt to I.D. them, culling through geology books and a mini-geology science lab that my grandfather gave to me.  Most were rose quartz, smoky quartz, granite, mica etc.”
  
She also remembers her grandmother’s most amazing baubles–beautifully faceted colored stones from days long past.  When she was twelve years of age, Cathy’s grandparents gave her a rock tumbler for Christmas.  “To complete the polish it would take months (being young, it seemed like years!)  When the results were in, I was hooked!”  Cathy has been collecting faceted gemstones and facet rough ever since.

Cathy attended the “Parsons School of Design”, in New York, wherein, she received extensive training in Art History, Color Theory, and Design.  “The combination of being an Art and Science major, my innate curiosity, the love of rocks, being a
girly girl, and my passions; all of these things took their natural course, inevitably bringing me to the incredible world of custom faceted gemstones!”

 
Presently, Cathy maintains a large inventory of top-quality facet rough.  Being a naturalist, she insists on handling only natural stones, and she tolerates no treatments except that of gentle heat.  While she, primarily, deals in the sale of facet rough to custom cutters, she has recently purchased her own machine, with the hopes of creating her own masterpieces.

All Inquires:
Cathy Dolson
Wine Country , Long Island, N.Y.
Roughcutonline@optonline.net