
Mig: Faceting Design Diagram
Successful tips, details, and guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Mig".
Topaz (Swiss, Electric, London Blue, Imperial, White, Yellow, Pink, Champange)

Mig (TOPAZ20.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 1998
78% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.62
76 facets + 12 facets on girdle = 88
3-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.073 T/W = 0.577 T/L = 0.537
P/W = 0.468 C/W = 0.188
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.677
P/H = 0.692 C/H = 0.278
Vol./W^3 = 0.245
Addition # 3 - This can be hard to follow because of the sym changes. Once you cut one, it's not very hard. This design has a very unusual look to it, I like it in Topaz. Cut in any material, 2-18cts. Cut in refractive indexes 1.62 to 2.14 (84.1) with no changes.
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Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
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