Our story began many years ago when Walt Rubeck embarked on the adventure of mining Colorado topaz at the original topaz mountain mine claim. Walt became a self-taught gemstone faceter, and worked his entire life faceting gemstones. In his later years, Walt met Jack Woolsey in 1990, whom he would mentor. Jack began mining and cutting gemstones with Walt, and became a master faceter of the highest level. Although Walt is no longer with us, Jack has worked diligently for many years to keep Walt's legacy alive, perhaps most notably including Walt Rubeck's signature Lone Star Cut. Nowadays, this knowledge, skillset, and legacy is being passed on to Josh Toms by way of apprenticeship with Jack Woolsey.