Blindly Simple: Faceting Design Diagram
Successful tips and guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Blindly Simple".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Blindly Simple (MIR19.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2004
91.3% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
20 facets + 4 facets on girdle = 24
4-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 P/W = 0.435 C/W = 0.192
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.646
P/H = 0.672 C/H = 0.297
Vol./W^3 = 0.237
Addition # 9 - This is so simple and fast it's hard to believe how nice the cut really is. Try it in about any material, I especially like it in Amethyst. It's good for red Garnets and makes great accent stones.
Random - Cosine - ISO
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
