Angel Fish: 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 "Angel Fish"

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

Angel Fish (CHECK58.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2003
89.6% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
105 facets + 16 facets on girdle = 121
4-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000 T/W = 0.286 T/L = 0.286
P/W = 0.413 C/W = 0.189
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.621
P/H = 0.664 C/H = 0.304
Vol./W^3 = 0.170

Addition # 8 - This is an interesting cut and it works well in a large stone. Cut it in refractive indexes 1.54 to 1.76 with no changes. Medium saturated materials work well and I like this in Bolivian Amethyst.


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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