Sync: Faceting Design Diagram
Successful tips, details and guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Sync".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Sync (MIR79.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2005
91.9% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
56 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 64
8-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 P/W = 0.435 C/W = 0.276
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.731 P/H = 0.595 C/H = 0.378
Vol./W^3 = 0.241
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 10 - Cut in refractive indexes 1.62 to 2.14 with no changes This design is another one of my flower effects, it is really nice. Cut it in light saturated stones for best reflections. It is fast and easy. C3 is a step and can vary.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
