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Passion (Mirage): Faceting Design Diagram


Successful tips, details and guide on Faceting Designs. A Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Passion"

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

passion gem design - Mirage version - citrine
"Passion" (Mirage version) gem design by Jeff Graham and cut by Bob Lawrence. Citrine, 11.68 cts, 15 mm. Photo by Bob Lawrence. Used with permission.

Passion (MIR29.JRG)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2004
91.9% Light Return
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
51 facets + 10 facets on girdle = 61
5-fold, mirror-image symmetry
80 index
L/W = 1.051 T/W = 0.244 T/L = 0.232
P/W = 0.435 C/W = 0.257
H/W = (P+C)/W+0.02 = 0.712
P/H = 0.611 C/H = 0.361
Vol./W^3 = 0.234

Addition # 9 - This is good in about any material and I designed it to be cut in a large stone. It works best in lightly saturated materials and has a very interesting look. Cut in refractive indexes 1.54 to 1.93 with no changes.

Passion - Mirage version - Citrine - 11.68 cts
"Passion" (Mirage version) gem design by Jeff Graham and cut by Bob Lawrence. Citrine, 11.68 cts, 15 mm. Photo by Bob Lawrence. Used with permission.

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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