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bellied Describing a stone purposely cut with extra weight around the girdle, yielding a bulbous outline. bicolor A stone with two distinct, separate hues, common in tourmaline.
What we think of today as the traditional kettle shape, with its rounded shoulders, cylindrical or pot-bellied body and spout shaped like the neck of an advancing angry goose, proved hard to beat.
The cuts are typically oval to cushion shaped with windows, low crowns and bellied pavilions.
See also: Clean, Shape, Water, Metal, Rough
 
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