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Terms and Conditions
Every care and attention is given to all precious gems entrusted to me for restoration, however a natural gemstone can often have inclusions, cracks or stresses that may affect the expected result. I can only accept liability for synthetic stones that fail during the cutting process. If a natural stone fails, my liability is limited to the cutting fees only.
No work will proceed without prior acceptance to final costs by the owner of the stone and service purchaser if other than owner.
Prices do not include taxes, postage, packing, supply of gem material, jewellers or setters charges.
No guarantees can be given for the success of the restoration if the stone has received impact damage.
No responsibility can be taken for stones damaged in the recutting process that are a result of non-disclosed prior treatment.
All gems must be removed from settings before work can proceed and contracts received with stones still set may incur subcontracted jewellers and/or setters fees
Mounted cabochon stones that are required to be refinished in-situ can not expect a uniform restoration. In the event of dissatisfaction the stone must be removed for repolishing at the owners expense but all fees already paid will be applied to any additional costs.
Typical Restoration Fees.
These prices are published as a guide only, your actual costs are determined following examination of the stone and full restoration requirements of the owner. For the purposes of this price list specialty stones describe gems that are very large, very small, very soft stones such as Apatite or hard stones such as Sapphire and Ruby. A premium of 25% – $33% is typical for such specialty stones
fully re-faceted or faceted C$170.00 to C$300.00
full crown or pavilion only C$100.00 to C$160.00
remove chips or scratches C$ 80.00 to C$120.00
repolish cabochon C$ 70.00 to C$110.00
inlay from $90.00 – $300.00 plus inlay material cost
