Salvation: Faceting Design Diagram
Successful tips, details and guide on Faceting Designs. Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Salvation"
Sunstone (Feldspar, Bytonite, Labradorite, Spectrolite, Orthoclase)
Salvation (SUN6.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2006
86.0 % Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
33 facets + 8 facets on girdle = 41
4-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.284 T/L = 0.284 P/W = 0.458
C/W = 0.187 H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.665 P/H = 0.689 C/H = 0.281 Vol./W^3 = 0.236
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 11 - Cut this in refractive indexes 1.54 to 2.14 with no changes. This works well in Garnet. I designed this for small color spots and/or pale pieces of color. This is a reflector bottom to help prevent color mixing.
Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
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