Love is Complicated

by Arya Akhavan (January 2014)
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Gemology Projectopen
L/W
110%
Design RI
1.50
H/W
72%
Gear
96
V/W³
0.272
Symmetry
6 (mirrored)
Facets
130
Tiers
46
Crown
79
Pavilion
36

If you challenge me to write a complicated heart, you'll get one. Thankfully this design can be cut in complete reverse order, to make the checkerboard meetpoints easier. In lower RIs, extinction gives the appearance of cupid's wings! Works in materials from petalite to rutile (RI = 1.50 - 2.62) with no changes, but I prefer spinel. Suggested size = 10-25 mm

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Pavilion

#AngleFacetsNotes
G190.00°
2967
Set stone size.
G290.00°
2175
Meet P1, P2, G1
G390.00°
1977
Level girdle.
G490.00°
1383
Level girdle.
G590.00°
 987
Level girdle.
G690.00°
96
Meet P1, P4, G5
G790.00°
3462
Meet P1, P6, G1
G890.00°
4056
Level girdle.
P1169.77°
96
Level girdle.
P765.83°
1977
Meet P2, P3, P6
P665.76°
2175
Level girdle.
P960.86°
3462
Meet P1, P5, G1, G7
P1058.27°
4056
Meet P1, P5, P9
P853.15°
1383
Meet P2, P3, P6, P7
P544.64°
3264
Meet at culet.
P144.00°
96 82940566788
Cut to centerpoint.
P443.93°
 987
Meet at culet.
P1443.74°
3165
Meet P1, P5, G1, G7; culet
P343.50°
1086
Meet at culet.
P243.44°
2868
Meet at culet.
P1542.99°
3957
Meet P1, P5, P9, P10; culet
P1242.80°
 789
Meet P1, P11
P1642.34°
4155
Meet P1, P10; culet
P1341.55°
2769
Meet P2, P3, P6, P7, P8; culet

Crown

#AngleFacetsNotes
C276.51°
3462
Level girdle.
C172.98°
4056
Set girdle width.
C868.84°
96
Level girdle.
C1164.74°
3858
Meet G7, G8, C1, C2
C1259.50°
3264
Meet G1, G7, C2, C3
C458.42°
2175
Level girdle.
C357.83°
2967
Level girdle.
C951.55°
4254
Meet G8, C1
C749.10°
 987
Level girdle.
C648.77°
1383
Level girdle.
C547.70°
1977
Level girdle.
C1347.53°
2076
Meet G2, G3, C4, C5
C1645.29°
 492
Meet G5, G6, C7, C8, C15
C1543.01°
 789
Meet G5, G6, C7, C8; C6, C7, C14
C1441.09°
1680
Meet G3, G4, C5, C6
C1036.51°
48
Meet G8, C1, C9
C1734.13°
2226384254587074
Meet 3 different places.
C1829.02°
1632486480
Meet 5 different places. Start triangles.
C1927.48°
 21418303446506266788294
Meet 6 different places. Cut triangles.
C2014.70°
 41220283644526068768492
Meet C17, C19; C18, C19
C2112.09°
961632486480
Meet C18, C19, C20
C224.00°
961632486480
Meet C20, C21