Nonentity: 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 "Nonentity".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Nonentity (MIR80.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2005
87.7% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
21 facets + 5 facets on girdle = 26
5-fold symmetry
80 index
L/W = 1.051 T/W = 0.212 T/L = 0.202 P/W = 0.389
C/W = 0.223 H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.632 P/H = 0.615 C/H = 0.353 Vol./W^3 = 0.183
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 10 - Cut in refractive indexes 1.54 to 2.14 with no changes. This has a cool reflection and works in about any type of rough. I use it for earrings and it is fast and fun to cut.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
