
Long John Pod: Faceting Design Diagram
Successful tips and guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Long John Pod".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Long John Pod (CHECK10.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2001
86.5% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
28 facets + 6 facets on girdle = 34
2-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.550 P/W = 0.450 C/W = 0.281
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.751
P/H = 0.599 C/H = 0.375
Vol./W^3 = 0.517
Addition # 6 - This is fun and fast… It is similar to the "Pod" but I wanted longer design for a particular piece of rough that I wanted to cut.
Random - Cosine - ISO
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
