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Garnet Quartz Tourmaline Amethyst

Featured Cut
Spinning Wheel 40 Designed by Bob Keller

Gateway to Gemstone Designs on the Internet
A Searchable Interface to Downloadable Faceting Diagrams and Gemstone Designs on the WWW

Faceting Fascinates
With an Experienced Guide, You, Too, Can Bring Gemstones to Life!

Faceting as a Hobby
A MWF Award Winning Article by Jack Christianson

Monthly Specials - Personally Hand Selected and Cleaned - Hurry!
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Faceting CZ
How to Facet and Polish Cubic Zircona by Carl Unruh

Refractive Index and Critical Angle
A Faceter's Primer on Refractive Index, Critical Angle, Dispersion and Birefringence

A Graphical Presentation of Brightness in the Standard Round Brilliant
Scientific Graphing Software Meets GemRay!

Getting Rid of Those Bow Tie Blues
Design Techniques for Eliminating Dark Areas in Gemstones

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Natural:  Amethyst   Andalusite   Bytownite   Chrome Diopside   Chrysoberyl   Citrine   Emerald   Garnet   Moldavite   Opal   Petalite   Quartz   Sapphire   Scapolite   Spinel   Sunstone   Tanzanite   Topaz   Tourmaline   Zincite   Zircon 
Synthetics:  Sapphire   Cubic Zirconia   Quartz   Laser Gem / Glass   Emerald   Red Beryl   Alexandrite   Spinel   Chrome Green Garnet   YAG   Rutile   Strontium Titanite 

A Technique for Dopping with Black Wax
Dopping Gemstones with Black Wax Is Not a Black Art

On Hunting Faceting Rough in the Backwater at Tucson
Faceting Rough is Where You Find It

Gemstone Design Conversion Using the Tangent Ratio Method
A Primer on Tangent Ratio Conversion for Faceters

Online Tangent Ratio Converter
An Online Calculator for Transposing Design Angles

Online Gem Weight Calculator
An Online Calculator for Determining Gem Weight with Various Materials

Faceting by Hand
Jack Lahr's Lap-Lap Relies on Primitive Power
Faceters Symposium 2000
A Photo Report and Account of the Faceters Hobnob in Riverside California
Presenting Many Gemstone Designs by the Symposium Speakers!
GemCad - Computer Aided Gemstone Design
The Official GemCad Home Page - Gemstone Design Software

Cutting by Ear
A Technique for Faceting Without the Use of Visual Depth of Cut Indicators

Tips and Tweeks for Faceting Machines
A Visual Stop for the Graves Faceting Machines
The Beale/Woolley Depth of Cut Indicator
Art Kavan's Beale/Woolley Indicator Installation on a Facetron
Scratches from the Master Lap

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Properties of Commonly Faceted Minerals and Materials
A Table Providing Refractive Index, Critical Angle, Birefringence, Dispersion, Hardness, Specific Gravity, Crystal System and Class, Formula and Cleavage Information

Index of Online Faceting Articles
Check Out This Index of Faceting Articles, Tips and How-to on the WWW!

Faceting Guilds, Clubs and Schools List
Links and Contact Information for Guilds, Clubs and Schools Offering Faceting Classes and Programs

The Columbia-Willamette Faceter's Guild publishes FACETS, a monthly newsletter featuring information of interest to faceters. Their newsletter boasts "A New Faceting Design Each Month". A couple of recent issues featured cutting instructions for a number of designs as well as faceting how-to articles, faceting and gemstone related news, and announcements of upcoming shows, symposiums and events. They'll be glad to send you a free sample copy.

Write to: Columbia-Willamette Faceter's Guild, PO Box 2136, Portland, Oregon USA 97208-2136, or you can request a copy by email from their editor, Grover Sparkman, at grover@teleport.com.

Equipment Manufacturers
Links and Contact Information for Manufacturers of Faceting Machines and Equipment

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