Pixel Cut Blue Laser Garnet 34ct "Minecraft Diamond" faceting charged up with photons from

charged up with photons from the sides and emit a beam of coherent light out of the end--in fact the very first laser was built with a ruby

When alexandrite crystals are grown the top region is less pure and often has some bubbles which require it to be removed before they cut the rest of the crystal into laser rods

It weighs in at 82g and measures about 31x28x28mm

The 81g piece measures 37x30x28mm and the 86g piece measures 38x30x29mm

though they aren't very visible in the hand (the macro lens is very unforgiving)

Pixel Cut Blue Laser Garnet 34ct "Minecraft Diamond" faceting charged up with photons fromThis is a custom pixel cut blue laser garnet (Ytterbium YAG) that I cut myself to resemble a real life Minecraft diamond! The stone weighs in at a 34 carats. I cut this stone back in December, but it got misplaced before we could get the final footage of the cut stone. I recently found it but in the mean time I lost all the footage from cutting it, so it never got its own video. I'll have to do another Minecraft diamond but for now this one is