Bearded girdle

Bearded Girdle
A Bearded Girdle is when the Diamond has small hairline breaks or fractures that surround the outside edge (the Girdle) of the Diamond. This can be caused when the Diamond was Cut, or it could be caused from years of wear and tear.

Bearded Girdles - Fine cracks, chips, fringing, or feathers along the outer edge of girdle.
Bruising - A percussion mark caused by impact.
Cavities - An indentation resulting from a feather or damage during polishing.

Bearded girdle: Tiny, numerous, hair like fractures extending into the stone.
Bezel: A facet on the Crown, or upper part of the Diamond above the Girdle.

Bearded girdle: If a diamond is rounded up carelessly in the fashioning (polishing) process the surface of the girdle will turn out rough and numerous minute hair-like fractures are likely to extend a short distance into the stone.

Bearded Girdle - If a diamond is rounded up too quickly in the fashioning process, the surface of the girdle will lack the smoothness and waxy luster of a finely turned girdle.

Bearded girdle
Small or tiny, numerous hair like fractures / cracks around the girdle extending into the stone.
Bezel ...

Or bearded girdle refers to hair like fractures reaching inside the stone
Bezel facets
Kite shaped facets also known as top main facets present on the crown of a diamond.

Bearded Girdle: The girdle is the widest edge of a diamond. Bearding occurs when fine white lines flow over the girdle's edge onto neighboring facets. This is the result of over polishing.

Polish features largely describe the condition of the surface of the stone, and include abrasions of the facet junctions and the culet, rough and bearded girdles, nicks and pits, ...

rough girdle A girdler will sometimes apply too much pressure in the girdling (rounding) process and as a result leave a rough girdle which gives a granular appearance under 10x magnification. Similar to a bearded girdle but the tiny feathers are ...

bearded girdle
Fine feathers scattered around the diamond's perimeter. If it's heavy, it can go all the way around the stone.
bruise
A small tree-root like feather caused by a hard blow.
knot ...

When bruting is done with too much force, or too much heat is allowed to build up, tiny whisker-like feathers can be seen around the girdle of the stone. This is a blemish called a "bearded girdle". ...

See also: Diamond, Girdle, Color, Stone, Clarity