Checker Star: Faceting Design Diagram

Tourmaline (Achroite, Dravite, Rubellite, Indicolite, Verdelite, Siberite)

Checker Star (TLINE15.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 1994
81.3% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.62
49 facets + 12 facets on girdle = 61
4-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.538 T/L = 0.538
P/W = 0.431 C/W = 0.178
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.628
P/H = 0.685 C/H = 0.283
Vol./W^3 = 0.266

Addition # 1 - This design is a good one to cut if you would like a little challenge, (just a little). It is pretty straight forward to cut and makes a nice stone in any light to medium material, 1/2-6cts. Cut in refractive indexes 1.62 to 1.93 (87.3%) with no changes.

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Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler