How do they match: Gem and Diamond Workers

  • Gem and Diamond Workers

  • Gem Cutter
  • Gem Expert
  • Gem Stone Cutter
  • Gemologist
  • Diamond Assorter
  • Diamond Cleaner
  • Diamond Cleaver
  • Diamond Cutter
  • Diamond Die Driller
  • Diamond Die Polisher
  • Diamond Driller
  • Diamond Grader
  • Diamond Heister
  • Diamond Mounter
  • Diamond Picker
  • Diamond Polisher
  • Diamond Sawer
  • Diamond Selector
  • Diamond Setter
  • Diamond Setter Apprentice
  • Diamond Sizer and Grader
  • Jewel Blocker and Sawyer

  • Fabricate, finish, or evaluate the quality of gems and diamonds used in jewelry or industrial tools.

  • Advise customers and others on the best use of gems to create attractive jewelry items.
  • Estimate wholesale and retail value of gems, following pricing guides, market fluctuations, and other relevant economic factors.
  • Examine gem surfaces and internal structures, using polariscopes, refractometers, microscopes, and other optical instruments, to differentiate between stones, to identify rare specimens, or to detect flaws, defects, or peculiarities affecting gem values.
  • Examine gems during processing to ensure accuracy of angles and positions of cuts or bores, using magnifying glasses, loupes, or shadowgraphs.
  • Examine diamonds or gems to ascertain the shape, cut, and width of cut stones, or to select the cuts that will result in the biggest, best quality stones.
  • Hold stones, gems, dies, or styluses against rotating plates, wheels, saws, or slitters to cut, shape, slit, grind, or polish them.
  • Immerse stones in prescribed chemical solutions to determine specific gravities and key properties of gemstones or substitutes.
  • Lap girdles on rough diamonds, using diamond girdling lathes.
  • Locate and mark drilling or cutting positions on stones or dies, using diamond chips and power hand tools.
  • Secure gems or diamonds in holders, chucks, dops, lapidary sticks, or blocks for cutting, polishing, grinding, drilling, or shaping.
  • Sort rough diamonds into categories based on shape, size, color, and quality.
  • Split gems along pre-marked lines to remove imperfections, using blades and jewelers' hammers.

  • Examine physical characteristics of gemstones or precious metals.