Frosted Star: 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 "Frosted Star".
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Frosted Star (QTZ12.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 1993
60% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
79 facets + 12 facets on girdle = 91
6-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.036 T/W = 0.533 T/L = 0.514
P/W = 0.459 C/W = 0.182
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.661
P/H = 0.694 C/H = 0.275
Vol./W^3 = 0.251
Gram Book 1 - This is a neat design for light to medium material and cuts well in about any size. I suggest that you leave P3 and C2 frosted (in light colored Quartz). I use a worn 320 grit, the ray trace is misleading, it has more reflection. When the facets are frosted, this has a flower-like effect. Cut in refractive index 1.54 to 1.93 (80.0%) with no changes. Note in 1.76 and higher the P1, P3 tiers are reflecting light, no need to frost them, if you do not want to. This is actually a pretty design and will help with light materials.
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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