Bzzz: Faceting Design Diagram
Detailed information and guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Bzzz".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Bzzz (QTZ65.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 1998
70% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
101 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 109
4-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.482 T/L = 0.482
P/W = 0.481 C/W = 0.175
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.676
P/H = 0.712 C/H = 0.259
Vol./W^3 = 0.251
Addition # 2 - This design can be hard to cut, you may have to cut the steps a couple of times to get them right. The spacing is critical, however, the rest of the cut is not very hard, 2-24cts. Cut in refractive indexes 1.54 to 2.14 (80.1%) with no changes.
Random - Cosine - ISO
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
