Confederate Button: Faceting Design Diagram
Successful tips and guide on Faceting Designs. Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Confederate Button"
Sunstone (Feldspar, Bytonite, Labradorite, Spectrolite, Orthoclase)
Confederate Button (SUN8.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2006
95.6% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
33 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 41
4-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.207 T/L = 0.207 P/W = 0.483
C/W = 0.125 H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.628 P/H = 0.769 C/H = 0.199 Vol./W^3 = 0.233
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 11 - Cut this in refractive indexes 1.54 to 2.14 with no changes. This works well in dark Garnet. I designed it for thin color/shiller rough. It is designed to be a very bright reflector. Note: There are no breaks on the girdle/crown. You can cut some in at 68 if you want.
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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