Nimble Pin: Faceting Design Diagram
Tips, details, and a guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Nimble Pin".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Nimble Pin (BEAD1.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2006
Reflector Bead
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
56 facets + 16 facets on girdle = 72
4-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000
P/W = 0.327 C/W = 0.327
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.674
P/H = 0.485 C/H = 0.485
Vol./W^3 = 0.225
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 14 - This cuts fast and is fairly straight forward. Center the bead hole through C3 and P4 from point to point. This is designed to be cut in any semi-transparent to transparent material. I like it in Citrine and crystal quartz.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
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