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Revision as of 12:16, 28 February 2015


Welcome to the Gemology Online Faceting Diagram database!

All patterns on this page were written by faceters on this site. To access the diagrams, simply click on the image of the stone. To view the image up-close, click on the small "picture-in-picture" icon in the lower-right corner. If a computer rendering and an actual stone are displayed, clicking on the rendering will take you to the diagram, while clicking on the actual stone will take you to a page of test-cuts.

You can search this database in three ways:

  • By browsing the thumbnail images below
  • By combining search criteria in a database search (features designs from other pages as well)

To help you post designs, there is the Help Page for Design Posting.



Overview of designs by designer
Marco Voltolini


Michiko Huynh


Arya Akhavan
Akhavan - Buyer's Remorse
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Akhavan - Seikyou
Akhavan - Treforze
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Akhavan - Triforce
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Akhavan - Epoch
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Akhavan - Cyclops
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Akhavan - Procrastination
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Akhavan - Elser's Challenge
Akhavan - Electric Feel
Akhavan - Undine's Tears
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Akhavan - Wanna Fanta?
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Akhavan - Defiance
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Akhavan - Gnome's Geode
Akhavan - Zora's Sapphire
Akhavan - Salamando's Inferno
Akhavan - Sylphid's Storm
Akhavan - Neuroglia
Akhavan - Shade's Abyss
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Akhavan - Insolence
Akhavan - Audacity
Akhavan - Fallen Star
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Akhavan - Butts
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Akhavan - Polaris
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Akhavan - Whirlpool
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Akhavan - Lumina's Rays
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Akhavan - Frost Giant
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Akhavan - Goron's Ruby
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Akhavan - Kokiri's Emerald
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Akhavan - Tessellation 1 (O)
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Akhavan - Tessellation 2 (B)
Akhavan - Tessellation 3 (F)
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Akhavan - Tessellation 4 (F)
Akhavan - Tessellation 5 (B)
Akhavan - Tessellation 6 (O)
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Akhavan - Tessellation 7 (F)
Akhavan - Tessellation 8 (B)
Akhavan - Tessellation 9 (B)
Akhavan - Tessellation 10 (E)
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Akhavan - Tessellation 11 (N)
Akhavan - Heart of Darkness
Akhavan - Tessellation 12 (F)
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Akhavan - Tessellation 13 (F)
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Akhavan - Tessellation 14 (N)
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Akhavan - Tessellation 15 (O)
Akhavan - Tessellation 16 (M)
Akhavan - Torticollis
Akhavan - Tessellation 17 (F)
Akhavan - Faceting 101, Exam 1 - SRB Deluxe
Akhavan - Faceting 101, Lesson 1 - Opening Octagon
Akhavan - Faceting 101, Lesson 2 - Simple Sun
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Akhavan - Faceting 101, Lesson 3 - Unstacked SRB
Akhavan - Faceting 101, Lesson 4 - Teaching Trillion
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Akhavan - Faceting 101, Lesson 5 - Tricky Triangle
Akhavan - Faceting 101, Lesson 6 - Charming Checker
Akhavan - Winter's Grasp
Akhavan - Faceting 101, Lesson 7 - Harmonious Hexagon
Akhavan - Frost Shock
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Akhavan - Dryad's Verdure
Akhavan - Void Reaver
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Akhavan - Temple of Karabor
Akhavan - To Zanzibar by Motor Car!
Akhavan - Starflare
Akhavan - What Dreams May Come
Akhavan - Ophelia
Akhavan - Schwastey-pants
Akhavan - Lemon Party
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Akhavan - A Study in Scarlet
Akhavan - Rhomboceros
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Akhavan - Jeux d'Eau
Akhavan - Rectus Quadratum
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Akhavan - Courtesan
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Akhavan - Sunset Vista
Akhavan - Pyroclastic Flow
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Akhavan - Blue Happiness
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Akhavan - Tessellation 18 (A)
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Akhavan - Kweh
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Akhavan - Aperture Science
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Akhavan - Fornicate the Constable
Akhavan - Uso Da!
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Akhavan - Temple Ruins
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Akhavan - Compass Rose
Akhavan - Pines of the Janiculum
Akhavan - Faceting 121, Lesson 1A - Beave
Akhavan - Faceting 121, Lesson 1B - Beaver
Akhavan - Faceting 121, Lesson 1C - Beavest
Akhavan - Xephyr
Akhavan - Tessellation 19 (J)
Akhavan - Glass Shard Vortex
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Akhavan - Tessellation 20 (J)
Akhavan - Faceting 101, Lesson 8 - Ostentatious Oval
Akhavan - Starmie
Akhavan - Yggdrasil
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Akhavan - Jumper
Akhavan - Geometric Etude No. 1: Adagio in Blue Topaz
Akhavan - Geometric Etude No. 2: Vivace in Danburite
Akhavan - Mind Games
Akhavan - Underneath the Sycamore
Akhavan - Vincalis the Agitator (shallow version)
Akhavan - Vincalis the Agitator (deep version)
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Akhavan - The Oath
Akhavan - Igloo
Akhavan - Tessellation 21 (I)
Akhavan - Crest of Hylia
Akhavan - Melancholia
Akhavan - Zankoku
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Akhavan - Weltall (shallow version)
Akhavan - Weltall (deep version)
Akhavan - Life in the Mines
Akhavan - Hot Air Balloon
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Akhavan - Pentajeez
Akhavan - Kyle's Tablet
Akhavan - Immunoglobulin M
Akhavan - Trilliguese
Akhavan - Porturillion
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Akhavan - Tessellation 22 (K)
Akhavan - White Trillium
Akhavan - The Way Home
Akhavan - Apollon Array
Akhavan - Montezuma's Crown
Akhavan - Cherenkov's Pool
Akhavan - Tessellation 23 (P)
Akhavan - Tessellation 24 (P)
Akhavan - Kitsunemen
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Akhavan - Sierpinski's Puzzle
Akhavan - Sierpinski's Nest
Akhavan - Thank You, Ultra Tec
Akhavan - Snow Labyrinth
Akhavan - Equivalent Exchange
Akhavan - Pineberry
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Akhavan - Eye of Zul
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Akhavan - Nocio
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Akhavan - Orchid
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Akhavan - Narcolepsy
Akhavan - Shuriken
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Akhavan - Heavens-Piercing Drill
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Akhavan - Doom Zeppelin
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Akhavan - Wind Scene
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Akhavan - Restitution
Akhavan - FutureTech
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Akhavan - Happy Flower
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Akhavan - Heigen's Dance
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Akhavan - Tumbling Star
Akhavan - Lassitude
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Akhavan - Shadowstar
Akhavan - Wildstar
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Akhavan - Mindfuck
Akhavan - Lethargy
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Akhavan - Prestidigitation
Akhavan - Missed Connections
Akhavan - Stained Glass Window
Akhavan - Loafing Around
Akhavan - Old Mine, All Mine
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Akhavan - Elser's Challenge 2
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Akhavan - Oh Canada!
Akhavan - Northern Lights
Akhavan - Pedantic Sophistry
Akhavan - Triphane Triangle
Akhavan - Night Flight
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Akhavan - Quickie
Akhavan - Confusion
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Akhavan - Drifting Snowflake
Akhavan - Crystal Hexagon (Portuguese)
Akhavan - Crystal Hexagon (Standard)
Akhavan - Abyssal Maw
Akhavan - Terrapin Carapace
Akhavan - Eye of Horus
Akhavan - Century Eagle
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Akhavan - Lighthouse Beacon
Akhavan - Confusion Icosahedron
Akhavan - Opposed (Hex) to Step Cuts
Akhavan - Autumn Still Life
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Akhavan - Tessellation 25 (F)
Akhavan - Tessellation 26 (F)
Akhavan - Jordan's Jumble
Akhavan - Clear Skies
Akhavan - Star of Darkness
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Akhavan - Mirage
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Akhavan - Fata Morgana
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Akhavan - Emergent Phenomenon
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Akhavan - Geometric Etude No. 3 - Saltarello in Peridot
Akhavan - Contrareflector Cushion
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Akhavan - Rice Fields
Akhavan - Tessellation 27 (B)
Akhavan - PythagoraSwitch
Akhavan - Event Horizon
Akhavan - Frustrating Parallelogram
Akhavan - Tessellation 28 (Q)
Akhavan - Tessellation 29 (R)
Akhavan - Tessellation 30 (R)
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Akhavan - Tessellation 31 (R)
Akhavan - Fruity Candy
Akhavan - Road to Ruin
Akhavan - Tears of Elune
Akhavan - Northstar
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Akhavan - Leaf in the Wind
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Akhavan - Tessellation 32 (J)
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Akhavan - Scatter
Akhavan - Painwheel
Akhavan - Temerity
Akhavan - Tessellation 33 (E)
Akhavan - Walpurgisnacht
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Akhavan - Love is Complicated
Akhavan - Masquerade
Akhavan - A Prayer to the Road that Leads
Akhavan - Tourmaline Terror
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Akhavan - Luna's Glow
Akhavan - Trillion Asscher
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Akhavan - Radiant Eye of Zul
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Akhavan - Simple Triangle Checkerboard
Akhavan - Beryl Blossom
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Akhavan - Effigies Insanie
Akhavan - Oppositional Defiance
Akhavan - Within
Akhavan - Coruscating Dome 96
Akhavan - Classic Continental
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Akhavan - Simpler Triangle Checkerboard
Akhavan - Radiant Lapidaria
Akhavan - Checker Obsession


Hideki Ikeda


Jeffrey Hunt
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Lisa Elser


Egor Gavrilenko


Robert Long


Gene Flanigan


Michael Edgett


Glenn Klein


Dale P. Carriere


Deborah Allen-Williams


Charles R. McCoy


John Bienia


Gustavo Castelblanco
Patrick Dubuc
Willie Klaja


Bob Sivinski
Sivinski - Crystal Opal Emerald


Paul Raison
The Diamond Descent - Teratai Bloom



Gemology Online faceting diagram competitions
2013 Competition

Link to competition page

2013 Competition - Minimalist
Minimalist Entry 1: Arya Akhavan - Coriolis
Minimalist Entry 2: Willie Klaja - Surveillance
Minimalist Entry 3: Jordan Wilkins - Alpha Stigma (Prize winner)
Minimalist Entry 4: Ken Michalek - Astron
Minimalist Entry 5: Danny Hargreaves - WitchGem
Minimalist Entry 6: Michiko Huyhn - Minimalist (Grand Prize winner)
Minimalist Entry 7: Robert Strickland - No Stinkin' Badges
Minimalist Entry 8: Marco Voltolini - (name)
2013 Competition - Ostentatious
Ostentatious Entry 1: Willie Klaja - Post-Traumatic Cutting (Prize winner)
Ostentatious Entry 2: Arya Akhavan - Time Well Wasted
Ostentatious Entry 3: Michiko Huyhn - Headache (Prize winner)
Ostentatious Entry 4: Marco Voltolini - (name)
2013 Competition - Vindictive
Vindictive Entry 1: Jordan Wilkins - Decepticon (Prize winner)
Vindictive Entry 2: Marco Voltolini - (name)
Vindictive Entry 3: Michiko Huyhn - For Fun (Prize winner)
Vindictive Entry 4: Arya Akhavan - Retrograde Amelioration


2014 Competition

Link to competition page

2014 Division - Maximize
Maximize Entry 1: Clara Venter - Framed Heart
Maximize Entry 2: Jordan Wilkins - (unnamed)
Maximize Entry 3: Roland Arajs - Square Dance
Maximize Entry 4: Thomas Janstrom - Pointy 3
Maximize Entry 5: Greg Ninedorf - Cushion Flash (Prize Winner)
Maximize Entry 6: Marco Voltolini - (unnamed)
Maximize Entry 7: Arya Akhavan - Montana Madness
Maximize Entry 8: Robert Strickland - Deep End (Grand Prize Winner)
2014 Division - Cutthroat
Cutthroat Entry 1: Clara Venter - Bow-Tie Trillion
Cutthroat Entry 2: Jordan Wilkins - (unnamed)
Cutthroat Entry 3: Kevin Grizard - Arizona Sunset
Cutthroat Entry 4: Roland Arajs - Vortex TriHeart (Prize Winner)
Cutthroat Entry 5: Thomas Janstrom - (unnamed)
Cutthroat Entry 6: Marco Voltolini - (unnamed) (Prize Winner)
Cutthroat Entry 7: Arya Akhavan - Tessellation 36
Cutthroat Entry 8: Jay Connor - Muskrat Suzie
Cutthroat Entry 9: Ken Michalek - Twisted 5