Home Rough Equipment Books Online Designs Just Ask Jeff Order News List Contact Me Links
Amethyst Aquamarine Beryl Citrine Emerald Garnet Opal Peridot Sapphire Scapolite Spinel Sunstone Synthetics Topaz Tourmaline Quartz Zircon

Bargains Beginner's Page Eclectic New Stuff Odds & Ends Parcels Specials
Cut Gemstones Cutting Information Pricing Guides Buying Gemstones


Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)

Borderland (MIR64.JRG) Peach Tourmaline
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2005
88.6% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
26 facets + 5 facets on girdle = 31
5-fold, mirror-image symmetry
80 index
L/W = 1.051 T/W = 0.213 T/L = 0.203 P/W = 0.389
C/W = 0.238 H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.646 P/H = 0.601 C/H = 0.368 Vol./W^3 = 0.200

Addition # 10 - Cut in refractive indexes 1.54 to 2.14 with no changes. This works best in a large stone and is a classic example of less is more. Give it a try in light to medium saturated material. Note: By varying C2 the star effect can be adjusted, there is no meet. On a small stone the table can be left off.

 

 

 


Random - Cosine - ISO

Return to OnLine Design Index

Home Rough Equipment Books Online Designs Just Ask Jeff Order News List Contact Me Links


Copyright 1998-2009 Gram Faceting - All Rights Reserved.