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United States Faceters Guild 2002
Masters Stone Design - Single Stone Competition

Utopia by Jeff R. Graham

Utopia - designed by Jeff R. Graham jeff@faceters.com ©2001
Angles for R.I. = 1.62	# of facets = 77 facets + 16 facets on girdle = 93
1-fold, mirror-image symmetry	96 index
L/W = 1.436 T/W = 0.677 T/L = 0.472 P/W = 0.606 C/W = 0.228	H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.855 P/H = 0.710 C/H = 0.267
Vol./W^3 = 0.452	84.8% Light Return

Pavilion
P1	41.95	03-09-15-21-27-33-39-45 51-57-63-69-75-81-87-93	Cut to center point.
P2(G)	90.00	06-90	Cut L/W=1.436...
P3(G)	90.00	12-84	Cut to meet P1.
P4(G)	90.00	19-77	Cut to meet P1.
P5(G)	90.00	24-72	Cut to meet P1.
P6(G)	90.00	28-68	Cut to meet P1.
P7(G)	90.00	32-64	Cut to meet P1.
P8(G)	90.00	34-62	Cut to meet P1.
P9(G)	90.00	37-59	Cut to meet P1.
P10	63.44	06-90	Cut to make girdle, meet tip, P1.
P11	65.21	12-84	Cut to meet P10, P1.
P12	70.13	19-77	Cut to meet P11, P1.
P13	71.22	24-72	Cut to meet P12 ,P1.
P14	71.82	28-68	Cut to meet P13, P1.
P15	71.82	32-64	Cut to meet P14, P1.
P16	71.37	34-62	Cut to meet P15, P1.
P17	69.77	37-59	Cut to meet P16, P1.
P18	39.00	36-60	Cut to meet breaks.
P19	39.00	24-72	Cut to meet breaks.
P20	39.95	12-84	Cut to meet breaks.
P21	40.35	96	Cut to center point, meet P20.
P22	39.00	48	Cut to center point, meet P18.
P23	41.33	46-50	Cut to meet P22, girdle.
P24	40.45	96	Cut to meet girdle, P20, P21.

Crown
C1-C8	46.00	06-12-19-24-28-32-34-37 59-62-64-68-72-77-84-90	Cut to meet girdle.
C9	44.18	33-63	Cut to meet girdle.
C10	42.58	26-70	Cut to meet girdle.
C11	39.75	16-80	Cut to meet girdle.
C12	36.07	96	Cut to meet girdle.
C13	30.59	48	Cut to meet girdle.
C14	14.61	42-54	Cut to meet C7, C8.
C15	31.76	29-67	Cut to meet C5, C6.
C16	26.60	20-76	Cut to meet C3, C4.
C17	17.88	08-88	Cut to meet C1, C2.
C18	17.23	48	Cut to meet C13, C14...
T	0.00	Table	Table Cut to meet every thing...

Utopia - Cutting Remarks

Shown at left is a 18.3mm x 13.5 x 11.5 mm deep ~ 13.33 carat "Utopia" cut from flawless Brazil Citrine by Jeff Graham.

There is a real lack of high performance Barion pear designs available. I originally designed this because sometimes there is just no substitute for a large Barion Pear and I seem to have rough occasionally that just needs this type of design...

This is a very elegant pear to cut, but this design is not for new faceters. I added two (2) degrees to the pavilion tiers to cut this in Quartz, it makes a nice stone.

If you are cutting for the U.S.F.G. Single Stone Competition, be sure and read their specifications for both cutting and materials, before getting started...

I recommend that this design be cut on the larger side, at least 8mm wide, larger is better because of the very small angle changes on the pavilion mains ( P23, P24). On a small stone you can omit those facets and adjust the others to meet.

Cut it in refractive indexes 1.62 to 1.76 (84.3%) with no changes. I recommend a light to medium colored material. Note: The pavilion point may need tweaking in on a very large stone. There is an extremely minute chisel point (P19) that will not be apparent in most stones. Cut pavilion to center point.

Enjoy cutting "Utopia"... Drop me an email to let me know your results and what you've cut, or feel free to inquire if you have any questions or need some help regarding this design.

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