Rose Reflections: 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 "Rose Reflections"
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Rose Reflections (DOME11.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2005
86.2% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
57 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 65
8-fold symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.219 T/L = 0.219 P/W = 0.435
C/W = 0.294 H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.749 P/H = 0.580 C/H = 0.393 Vol./W^3 = 0.273
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 13 - This is for lightly saturated rough and is very nice. It looks like a rose as the flower opens it's petals. I worked a long time to get this reflection/effect, it is striking. Cut this in refractive indexes 1.54 to 2.14 with no changes.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
