Boss: 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 "Boss".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Boss (CHECK73.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2003
80.8% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
73 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 81
2-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.323 T/L = 0.323
P/W = 0.470 C/W = 0.163
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.653
P/H = 0.720 C/H = 0.249
Vol./W^3 = 0.243
Addition # 8 - Cut this in refractive indexes 1.54 to 2.14 (89.5%) with no changes. The crown on this is a little complicated, and I do not recommend this for a novice. The crown can be cut in another order and may take some adjusting to make all the meets depending on your faceting machine. This is really nice in higher refractive index materials like Zircon and Sapphire.
Random - Cosine - ISO
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
Jeff R. Graham
The late Jeff Graham was a prolific faceter, creator of many original faceting designs, and the author of several highly-regarded instructional faceting books such as Gram Faceting Designs.
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