
Shoal: 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 "Shoal".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Shoal (CHECK36.JRG)
 By Jeff R. Graham
 Copyright 2001
 92% Light Return
 Angles for R.I. = 1.54
 57 facets + 12 facets on girdle = 69
 2-fold, mirror-image symmetry
 120 index
 L/W = 1.313 T/W = 0.384 T/L = 0.293
 P/W = 0.571 C/W = 0.210
 H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.800
 P/H = 0.713 C/H = 0.262
 Vol./W^3 = 0.420
Addition # 6 - This is 93.9% in refractive indexes 1.62, can be cut in any material with no changes (1.93 is 92.4%). This is pretty quick to cut and not difficult, although the crown can take some lining up.
 Random - Cosine - ISO
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
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