Tantra: 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 "Tantra".
Tourmaline (Achroite, Dravite, Rubellite, Indicolite, Verdelite, Siberite)
Tantra (DOME3.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2007
82.8% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.62
61 facets + 12 facets on girdle = 73
6-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.036 T/W = 0.258 T/L = 0.249 P/W = 0.397
C/W = 0.360 H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.777 P/H = 0.511 C/H = 0.463 Vol./W^3 = 0.276
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 13 - Got a pale Tourmaline nodule? This design is ideal for light roundish rough. Cut in refractive indexes 1.62 to 1.93 with no changes. It is a good idea to cut a large stone so that the crown shows.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
