King Beryl: 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 "King Beryl".
Beryl (Aquamarine, Emerald, Helidore, Bixbite, Goshenite, Morganite, Golden Beryl)
King Beryl (B41.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2001
82.1% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.56
53 facets + 12 facets on girdle = 65
2-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.330 T/W = 0.761 T/L = 0.572
P/W = 0.606 C/W = 0.181
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.807
P/H = 0.751 C/H = 0.224
Vol./W^3 = 0.439
Addition # 5 - This works in R.I. 1.54 (80.1%) to 1.71 (83.3%) with no changes. I designed this for Beryl crystal shapes, there are not a lot of designs that utilize them well. It is a "Money Cut"…
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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