Rose Reflections: Faceting Design Diagram

Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)

Rose Reflections (DOME11.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2005
86.2% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
57 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 65
8-fold symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.219 T/L = 0.219 P/W = 0.435
C/W = 0.294 H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.749 P/H = 0.580 C/H = 0.393 Vol./W^3 = 0.273

PAVILION

CROWN

Addition # 13 - This is for lightly saturated rough and is very nice. It looks like a rose as the flower opens it's petals. I worked a long time to get this reflection/effect, it is striking. Cut this in refractive indexes 1.54 to 2.14 with no changes.

Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler