by Fred Van Sant In the most recent issue (82) of FACET TALK is 4-page article by Alexandre Wolkonski for beginners on cutting the round brilliant. After cutting the pavilion he sequences the crown in the order Breaks->Mains->Stars->Table. Thi …

by Fred Van Sant (reprinted from the December 1994 issue of the USFG Newsletter with permission from the author and the USFG) In our last newsletter I said that the sequencing of facets is determined by the order in which points on the stone must be ma …

by Glenn Klein This is my usual handling of the cutting of the crown facets. Prior to working on the crown, the pavilion has already been cut and polished. The girdle has also been polished. I begin the crown by cutting the breaks, then work on the mai …