Talk:Akhavan - Buyer's Remorse

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So, this is my first design. Clearly it's not the best, but it definitely does what the design was intended to do. It was written for a shallow, very square piece of dark Tanzanian rhodolite, and was intended to lighten the stone as much as possible. There's a tradeoff of an increased tilt window, and poor performance in low lighting conditions, but in daylight the test stone lights up like a bulb.

This design isn't really appropriate for lower RIs (the lightening effect kinda dies off), but you can BOG/GemRay the design however you want to try and get it to work. Raise the crown for more dispersive materials if you'd like.

As for cutting, the C5 tier cuts EXTREMELY fast. I'd recommend prepolishing that one in. The crown feels like a checkerboard at first, which is where I derived it from, but the C4 tier will NOT make perfect vertical/horizontal lines. This is intentional; you're not screwing up. Cut this design from peridot to CZ (RI = 1.65 - 2.16) with no changes.

Also, a disclaimer. When I cut this in my rhodolite, I lowered the pavilion even more, down to 36 degrees.


Difficulty level = mid beginner


Post-test cut additions:

Don't mess with the C5 facets. If you try to make the table larger, the stone just dies. The P3 facets can be prepolished in, and will still go quickly. Be careful not to overcut the C3 facets.