Whoa: 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 "Whoa".
Sunstone (Feldspar, Bytonite, Labradorite, Spectrolite, Orthoclase)
Whoa (SUN17.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2006
82.7% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
24 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 32
2-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 2.000 P/W = 0.484 C/W = 0.170
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.674 P/H = 0.718 C/H = 0.252
Vol./W^3 = 0.696
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 11 - Cut in refractive indexes 1.54 to 2.14 with no changes. This works well in about any material. Try it in a long skinny watermelon. Put the color in the center and leave some gold on the ends.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
