Light House: Online Faceting Designs and Diagrams

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Light House: Online Faceting Designs and Diagrams

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I love this cut, and since it's for beginners too, I want to make sure we have access to it here since I know I, and a few others, want to try our hand at faceting. Hope some of us can manage to pull this off, but it won't be any time soon for me, and if I mess it up, don't expect to see the mess posted here. :lol:

There are sub-links in the story, two of which I gave you, and the others can be accessed via that last link below the story. :)

Light House: Online Faceting Designs and Diagrams
by Jeff R. Graham
Summary
A “Money Cut” is a gem design that’s fast and easy to cut with great performance. That’s what the Light House is all about. This design works very well for faceters of all skill levels, especially novices.
Reading time: 1 min 17 sec


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You can find cutting instructions for the Light House here.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120319095 ... ouse.shtml

Cutting Remarks

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An 8 mm, approximately 1.45-ct Light House, cut from a Marabá amethyst (Marabá, Pará, Brazil) by Jeff Graham.

As the stone gets large (over 8 mm), especial in lighter colored material, I recommend cutting a table. This will eliminate the typical “eye” that an apex crown leaves.

This design works in natural quartz, tourmaline, topaz, garnet, and sapphire as well as lab-created materials. I use this for earring stones quite a bit.

Enjoy cutting your “Light House.” "[/i]

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Random – Cosine – ISO

Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler
http://rockpeddler.com/products.asp?cat ... +Materials

https://www.gemsociety.org/article/onli ... ght-house/

About the author
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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ISG Registered Gemologist


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