Delta: 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 "Delta".
Tourmaline (Achroite, Dravite, Rubellite, Indicolite, Verdelite, Siberite)
Delta (CHECK56.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2002
86.8% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.62
46 facets + 9 facets on girdle = 55
3-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.021 T/W = 0.290
|T/L = 0.284 P/W = 0.417 C/W = 0.221
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.657
P/H = 0.634 C/H = 0.336
Vol./W^3 = 0.226
Addition # 8 - The crown is deep and I generally cut this in light colors, although it will work well in medium colored material too. This is nice in Zambian Tourmaline nodules.
Random - Cosine - ISO
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
