<2022-07-28T10:41:11.000Z> TurboNormie: Can you engrave diamonds? Or is that not practical?
<2022-07-28T11:22:59.000Z> D@wei.mentalswarf.com: It is possible. I do not do that. That would require a form of high-powered laser engraving, which is how they put serial numbers into diamonds for tracking.
<2022-07-28T11:31:51.000Z> D@wei.mentalswarf.com: Generally speaking, any diamond where you could even see engraving on it would be so large that it would cost at least $30,000, and you wouldn’t want to engrave on it. That’s more a thing done with very cheap material like optical quartz, where someone will carve a picture into the bottom of the stone, then facet the rest of the gem so when you look down through the top you see the picture on the inside.
<2022-07-28T11:38:25.000Z> D@wei.mentalswarf.com: If you are looking for a carving artist, Jack Hoque (forged_elements on Instagram) does that kind of work. He is really good at it.
<2022-07-28T11:38:45.000Z> D@wei.mentalswarf.com: This is one of his pieces https://wei.mentalswarf.com/media/831774c3de5ca62d05a3ca67ade277447604e046f72f554d8bc78b2f82d08d07.jpeg