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