
Whalm: 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 "Whalm".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Whalm (BEAD13.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2007
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
66 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 74
8-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.218 T/L = 0.218
P/W = 0.742 C/W = 0.742
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 1.504
P/H = 0.493 C/H = 0.493
Vol./W^3 = 0.617
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 14 - This cuts easily and works well in most any material. I like it in medium colored Amethyst or Citrine.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
