Blue Ice: Online Faceting Designs and Diagrams

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Blue Ice: Online Faceting Designs and Diagrams

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Here's another pretty cut that's on the simpler side, by Jeff Graham that I want to show here for new faceters, since it not only has fewer facets, it also works well on 'starter' stones like quartz and beryl, so you can test your skills on affordable stones. The link to faceters.com works fine, but the link to The Rock Peddler didn't work, and a search of the site for Blue Ice by Jeff Graham didn't come up with anything, so I hope all that's needed is on faceters. :?

Blue Ice: Online Faceting Designs and Diagrams
by Jeff R. Graham
Summary
The Blue Ice cut performs well for materials with low refractive indices (RI) in medium to light colors. Try it on gems like beryl, quartz, and topaz.
Reading time: 1 min 21 sec

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You can find cutting instructions for Blue Ice here.
https://web.archive.org/web/20111228212 ... eice.shtml

Cutting Remarks

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An approximately 7.5-ct, 29 mm x 9.5 mm Blue Ice cut from a very lightly saturated aquamarine crystal by Jeff Graham.

This gem design is easy to cut. However, it can be hard to polish because of the large facets and keel.

Cut a preform length to width ratio (L/W) = 3.000. P6, P7 are there to help prevent chips, no meets.

Enjoy cutting your “Blue Ice.”

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Random – Cosine – ISO

Detailed faceting instructions by Jeff Graham available at The Rock Peddler.

https://www.gemsociety.org/article/onli ... -blue-ice/

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.
PinkDiamond
ISG Registered Gemologist


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