
Purple Crazy: 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 "Purple Crazy".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Purple Crazy (QTZ.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 1994
80.5% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
24 facets + 4 facets on girdle = 28
4-fold symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 P/W = 0.494 C/W = 0.155
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.668
P/H = 0.739 C/H = 0.232
Vol./W^3 = 0.266
Addition # 2 - Here is a design that cuts fast and makes a great pair of earrings, which is what I designed it for. Cut it in the 4-8mm range in about any material. A preform will help save waste, Quartz is cheap (in lighter colors). I usually don't. On a larger stone a table is a good idea, cut to meet C2, C3. Cut in refractive indexes 1.54 to 1.93 with no changes.
Random - Cosine - ISO
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
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