Quaker’s Light: 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 "Quaker's Light".
Tourmaline (Achroite, Dravite, Rubellite, Indicolite, Verdelite, Siberite)
Quaker's Light (CHECK43.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2003
82.2% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.62
45 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 53
2-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.331 T/W = 0.378
T/L = 0.284 P/W = 0.453
C/W = 0.190 H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.662
P/H = 0.683 C/H = 0.287
Vol./W^3 = 0.257
Addition # 8 - This cuts fairly easily and the L/W can vary slightly with no problems. Cut in refractive indexes 1.62 to 1.93 with no changes. This is good in about any material, but I prefer medium to light saturation.
Random - Cosine - ISO
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
