Faceting Focus
KAL-TOH
BY MARK OROS
Kim Lembke’s design, Kal-toh, is based on the Star Trek magnetic jumble rod game of strategy played by Tuvok. Kal-toh is both a fun and challenging gemstone design to facet. The design is a challenge because of the absence of meetpoints — the junctions where facets meet and guide the gemstone cutter in systematically aligning the gemstone. Without meetpoints, the faceter will have to eye the position and relationship of the facets. This can be unnerving for those used to relying on the geometric structure of meet-points. To quote Tuvok, “We often fear what we don’t understand. Our best defense is knowledge.”