The register — in preparationPeachtree Corners, Georgia

Every stone, with what it cost to make it

A cut stone weighs a fraction of the rough it came from, and the difference is the work. Both weights are recorded here, along with the cut, the origin, and the dealer the rough was bought from.

The register opens with the first cut stone.

Rough is bought, weighed and recorded before anything is cut. When the first stones come off the machine they post here with both weights, the cut, and the dealer the rough came from.