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

Circus Tent (QTZ68.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 1998
70% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
105 facets + 16 facets on girdle = 121
8-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.392 T/L = 0.392
P/W = 0.440 C/W = 0.259
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.719
P/H = 0.612 C/H = 0.360
Vol./W^3 = 0.241

Addition # 3 - This is fairly easy to cut, the P5,P6,C4 tiers all do not have meets, cut them in as carefully as you can. The light return is much higher than the ray trace says. Cut in light to medium material, 1-14cts. This works well in Topaz. Cut in refractive indexes 1.73 to 2.14 (83.4%)with no changes.

 

 


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