Bearding or Girdle Fringes: The outermost portion of the stone, called the girdle, can develop small cracks that resemble whiskers during the polishing process.
bearding Man-made inclusions caused by too much force in the bruting (girdling) process. On the surface of the girdle under magnification, it looks like tiny chips.
Bearding/Girdle Fringes: Impurities containing lines that can occur along the girdle. They often appear to be thin and almost like hair, but can be polished off or recut.
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Tiny, numerous, hairlike fractures extending into the stone.
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Bearding - Very small feather cracks or fractures typically occurring along the girdle of a diamond.
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Or bearded girdle refers to hair like fractures reaching inside the stone
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Small stress cracks around the girdle caused by bruting (rounding) too quickly or with too much force.
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Bearding: tiny feathers extending inward from a bruted girdle surface. (Bruting is the process of rubbing two diamonds together to achieve the rounded shape of the diamond.) ...
Bearding occurs when fine white lines flow over the girdle's edge onto neighboring facets. This is the result of over polishing. Belle Epoque: The height of French jewelry design was achieved at the turn of the 20th century.
Girdle Fringes (n) Sometimes referred to as "Bearding", Girdle Fringes are hair-like lines that can occur around the girdle during the cutting process. They can be removed by polished or re-cutting.
Girdle Fringes: These are also known as bearding or dig marks. It is formed when the raw stone is cut during the processing. These are thin lines like hair that assemble around the diamond's girdle.
Bearding occurs during the bruiting process of the stone where tiny fractures form along the girdle of the stone and cause a near opaque ring around the girdle of the stone.
 See also: Inclusion, Cloud, Polish, Fracture, Rough
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