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Angel Fish: 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 "Angel Fish"

By Jeff R. Graham, updated on

Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)

Angel Fish (CHECK58.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2003
89.6% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
105 facets + 16 facets on girdle = 121
4-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.286 T/L = 0.286
P/W = 0.413 C/W = 0.189
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.621
P/H = 0.664 C/H = 0.304
Vol./W^3 = 0.170

Addition # 8 - This is an interesting cut and it works well in a large stone. Cut it in refractive indexes 1.54 to 1.76 with no changes. Medium saturated materials work well and I like this in Bolivian Amethyst.


Random - Cosine - ISO

Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler

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