Purdy Girdle: Faceting Design Diagram

Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)

Purdy Girdle (BEAD36.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 200
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
160 facets + 16 facets on girdle = 176
16-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000
P/W = 0.688 C/W = 0.688
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 1.396
P/H = 0.493 C/H = 0.493
Vol./W^3 = 0.523

PAVILION

CROWN

Addition # 14 - Note that this design has a girdle for setting the stone. It can be left off and the bead drilled. This works well in light to medium saturated materials.

Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler