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

Wink (QTZ49.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 1995
78.2% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
51 facets + 10 facets on girdle = 61
2-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.330 T/W = 0.768 T/L = 0.578
P/W = 0.485 C/W = 0.215
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.720
P/H = 0.673 C/H = 0.299
Vol./W^3 = 0.353

Gram Book 1 - This design is not easy to cut. Cut P10 in until it meets girdle and looks right. The steps don't meet any thing so it's important to make them even. Cutting in the table after C5 helps, 1-12cts. This works in Tourmaline and Topaz...

 

 


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