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Antique 2: Faceting Design Diagram


Detailed information and guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Antique 2".

By Jeff R. Graham, updated on

Garnet (Pyrope, Rhodolite, Almandine, Spessartite, Grossular, Demantoid, Tsavorite)

Antique 2 (GNETP5.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 1993
84.7% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.73
45 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 53
4-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.366 T/L = 0.366
P/W = 0.406 C/W = 0.207
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.633
P/H = 0.641 C/H = 0.327
Vol./W^3 = 0.240

Gram Book 1 - This design cuts easy and fast in any material. Be careful when you cut the C4 facets to make sure that they are even so that the table meets, 1-6cts. Cut in refractive index 1.78 to 1.93 with no changes.


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Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler

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