Successful tips and guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Rattle Stretch".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Rattle Stretch (BEAD42.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2007
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
84 facets
6-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.155
H/W = 1.463
Vol./W^3 = 0.647
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 14 - NOTE: A temporary girdle can be cut using the P1 settings. This works well in light to medium colored material and is not hard to cut.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
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Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Rattle Stretch (BEAD42.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2007
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
84 facets
6-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.155
H/W = 1.463 Vol./W^3 = 0.647
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 14 - NOTE: A temporary girdle can be cut using the P1 settings. This works well in light to medium colored material and is not hard to cut.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
