Worker polishes gemstone to obtain smooth lustre - Jaipur

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Here is how a rough crystal is turned in to a beautiful sparkly gemstone. A cutter is holding the stone by hand against the wheel. Fine gemstones dust has been rubbed on the spinning plate. Water drips on to the plate to avoid heat build up. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across Sou