Lavender Storm: 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 "Lavender Storm".
Tourmaline (Achroite, Dravite, Rubellite, Indicolite, Verdelite, Siberite)
Lavender Storm (MIR24.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2004
89.5% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.62
41 facets + 12 facets on girdle = 53
4-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.292 T/L = 0.292
P/W = 0.445 C/W = 0.228
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.693
P/H = 0.642 C/H = 0.329
Vol./W^3 = 0.248
Addition # 9 - This is nice in any material and has a lot of sparkle. Cut this in about any size and you will be amazed at how much life the design has. I tend to like light to medium saturated colors for this design. It does work well in Garnet. Cut in refractive indexes 1.54 to 2.14 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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