Successful tips and guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Long Star".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Long Star (BEAD18.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2007
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
48 facets
6-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.155
H/W = 1.501
Vol./W^3 = 0.624
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 14 - NOTE: A temporary girdle can be cut using the P1 settings. This works well in about any material and any size. I like it in Ametrine.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
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Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Long Star (BEAD18.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2007
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
48 facets
6-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.155
H/W = 1.501
Vol./W^3 = 0.624
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 14 - NOTE: A temporary girdle can be cut using the P1 settings. This works well in about any material and any size. I like it in Ametrine.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
