Purdy Flat: Faceting Design Diagram
Successful tips,details and guide on Faceting Designs. Faceting Design Diagram by Jeff R. Graham that presents various cuts, this one is called "Purdy Flat"
Quartz (Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Smokey, Rose)
Purdy Flat (BEAD34.GEM)
By Jeff R. Graham
Copyright 2007
Angles for R.I. = 1.54
256 facets
16-fold, mirror-image symmetry
96 index
L/W = 1.000
H/W = 0.890
Vol./W^3 = 0.407
PAVILION
CROWN
Addition # 14 - NOTE: A temporary girdle can be cut using the P1 settings. This works best in lightly saturated materials and is a fair amount of work but it is not complicated to cut.
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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