Budgy: Faceting Design Diagram


Detailed information and guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Budgy".

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

Budgy (B39.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2001
81.8% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
52 facets + 12 facets on girdle = 64
3-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.023 T/W = 0.503 T/L = 0.492
P/W = 0.508 C/W = 0.188
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.716
P/H = 0.709 C/H = 0.263
Vol./W^3 = 0.258

Addition # 5 - This is very nice and works especially well in light colored materials. It can be cut in R.I. 1.54 to 1.93 (81.9%) with no changes.


Random - Cosine - ISO

Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler


Jeff R. Graham

The late Jeff Graham was a prolific faceter, creator of many original faceting designs, and the author of several highly-regarded instructional faceting books such as Gram Faceting Designs.

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