Cabochon
Gem cut and polished to have a domed outer surface. Such stones are said to be cut en cabochon.
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cabochon Gem or stone without facets that is highly polished and has smooth, rounded edges. (See our How To Cab online guide) calcareous Containing the compound calcium carbonate. calcic Containing calcium.
Cabochon: A cutting style, in which a gemstone is cut with a smoothly domed top. Cabochons may be cut of transparent, translucent or opaque gemstones.
Cabochon: From the French "caboche", meaning "knob/small dome", a cabochon is a stone cut into the shape of a small dome in a round, oval, rectangle, triangle, or teardrop shape without any facets.
Cabochon
A stone which has been cut with a rounded convex surface and a flat base. It may be high domed or almost flat and can be cut in round, oval, square or freeform shapes. A cabochon has no facets. This is one of the oldest and simplest cuts.
CABOCHON
A cabochon is a stone that has a rounded, domed surface with no facets. A cabochon garnet is also called a carbuncle.
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cabochon, en cabochon Gem with a rounded top, without facets. French, "little head."
carat Unit of weight in gemstones, one-fifth of a metric gram
cat's-eye Phenomenal effect in cabochon cut gemstones resembling the iris of a cat's eye.
Cabochon
Cabochon is a stone that does not have facets.
Calcite
Calcite is used in jewelry because its a mineral that is inexpensive and comes in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors.
Cabochon: a smooth, round or oval convex shaped, polished gemstone. In watch terminology, cabochon describes a decorative stone set in the watch crown.
Cabochon Piece of semi-precious or precious stone that is cut and polished, but that contains no facets. Often large and oval.
Cabochon (Cab) - A gemstone cut with a rounded top (dome) and a flat bottom. They're often either round or oval, but can be other shapes as well. The stone in the photo on the left is an oval Pink Peruvian Opal cabochon.
Cabochon cut: The art of rounding a gem without facets into the shape of a highly-polished dome.
Carat: Used to denote the weight of gems.
Cabochon
The most common form of gem cutting, in which the mineral is cut with a flat bottom and is rounded on top.
Cabochon: A domed gemstone. Highly polished curved surface without faceting.
Cameo: A carved gem or shell in which the outer layers are cut away so that the design stands out in relief against a background of a different color.
Cabochon A stone (either costume or fine) that is round on the top and flat on the bottom. It is smooth without facets.
Cabochons are available and reasonably priced. Occasionally, iolite is used as a carving material. Small faceted stones are relatively common and modestly priced.
Cabochon
A domed gemstone with a highly polished curved surface without faceting.
Cabochon - A cabochon is a stone that has been shaped and polished, normally with a flat backing. It is not faceted.
Cabochon: A facet less style of cutting that produces a smooth surface. They can be in many shapes, including round with high domes to square.
Cabochon
A stone with a rounded surface, rather than with facets. This style is commonly used with opaque to translucent stones such as opal, moonstone, jade and turquoise.
Cabochon
A round or oval stone cut and polished with one flat side (the back) and one smooth domed side (the front or face).
Cabochon - An unfaceted cut stone of domed form (having a convex surface). Often called a "cab." ...
Cabochon
Stone with a smooth carved surface, domed and unfaceted with a flat base
Calibre-cut
Small stones cut in usually rectangular shapes and faceted in a step cut to fit exactly into a setting or against another stone ...
Cabochon
A gemstone with an unfacetted domed form. The oldest form of gem cutting.
Calibre Cut
Gemstones cut to a specific, standardized size for mounting. Also, small gem material cut for pave' setting.
Cabochon
A stone with a rounded, convex shape, polished, with no facets.
Cabochon Cut
A gemstone cut, that is flat on the bottom and rounded on the top. Can be any shape, from round to free form, as long as the above two rules apply. Back to Index ...
Cabochon Grinder
If the material to be cut and polished is translucent to totally opaque (agate, onyx, malachite, etc.) a cabochon cut will most likely be employed.
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Cabochon Cut A gem that is cut round without facets into the shape of a smooth polished dome. It lacks the facets that are on most stones.
cabochon
A stone that has a smooth, rounded or dome-like surface that has been cut and polished but does not have facets ...
Cabochon Cut
A cabochon shaped gemstone resembles a dome as it comes in round shape with no facets. Generally onyx stone is cut in a cabochon shape.
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cabochon - An unfaceted form of cutting generally used on opaque and translucent stones. The stone is given a rounded, convex shape.
cadmium - A metal that is used as an alloy in gold solders to promote easy flowing under heat.
Cabochon: From the French word "caboche," meaning head. A gemstone cut with a smooth surface, highly polished and no facets.
Cabochon cut
The word cabochon is derived from the old Norman French word caboche, meaning head. A cabochon is a polished gemstone with a flat bottom (or slightly rounded bottom) and a convex or rounded domed top.
Cabochon - derived from the French word "caboche" which means knob or small dome. It refers to a domed stone with a flat back which can come in many shapes such as round, oval, tear shape, etc.
Cabochon
A domed gemstone that is highly polished and curved. Derived from the Middle French 'caboche' meaning head.
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Cabochon Sapphires
A Cabochon is one method of cutting a sapphire; but is also a lot more than just a way to shape a sapphire from its rough form. Sapphire crystals come from the earth in many shapes, clarities and colors.
Cabochon:
A cutting style that produces a convex surface with no reflecting facets, the stone has the shape of a dome. Used on opaque or semi-opaque stones.
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Cabochon
A stone that has been rounded as opposed to faceted. Cabochon cuts are popular with opaque stones and those with asterisms or chatoyancy. In rings, most cabochon cuts feature a rounded dome surface with a flat base.
About cabochons, doublets and triplets
In order to best bring out the play of colour in a Fine Opal, the stones are cut and polished to round or oval cabochons, or any other softly domed shape , depending on the raw material.
Cabochons. Of these the first, or cabochon cutting, is probably the most ancient. The term comes from a French word signifying a bald pate (caboch, from Latin cabo, a head). The usual round cabochon cut closely resembles the top of a head in shape.
Cabochons of all shapes, beads and carvings
Lapis lazuli differs from other gem materials because it is a "rock" composed of several minerals rather than being a single mineral as the other gemstones are.
Cabochon
Cabochons are gemstones, or pieces of semi-precious stone or glass, that have been smoothly cut, without faceting, and have a domed and polished upper surface and a flat base
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A tool used to measure metal sheet or wire ...
Cabochon
A cutting style where the crown is rounded or domed shape with no faceted, the bottom usually is flat or can be flat domed (lentil) bottom ...
Cabochon:
This refers to a gemstone that is shaped and polished, instead of being cut and faceted. The most common form of a cabochon shape is an oval with a convex top and a flat bottom, a dome shape.
cabochon - A style of cut stone that is oval in shape with a flat back for setting onto a sheet metal backing. This style is usually used with opaque stones, but sometimes is used with the less expensive transparent gemstones.
Cabochon or creative cut by lapidary artists
CARE & COLLECTING
Apatites are delicate - especially when subjected to heat, temperature changes, changes in air pressure (such as in an airplane) ...
Cabochon is a style of cutting a gemstone without facets, creating a smooth, domed surface.
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Cabochon...The cut of a gemstone that has a convex surface. A cab.
Cameo... A carved shell, sometimes cut from onyx or other mineral containing bands of different colors, To cut in relief, the opposite of intaglio.
Cabochon
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CABOCHON A gemstone that is a polished domed shape on the top and flat on the bottom. Opaque gems such as Onyx, and translucent stones such as Sapphires that will display an asterism (known as Star Sapphire) are typically cut as cabochons.
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Cabochon - A gemstone cut that creates a dome shape. This cut is often seen in opal, turquoise, and star rubies and sapphires.
Cabochon: Gemstone with a smooth, carved surface that is dome-like with no facets and a flat base. The popular cabochon cut is commonly used with opaque and translucent stones like opals, moonstones, jade and turquoise.
Cabochon prices vary by weight and size according to color. Ovals are in greatest demand. The purported largest jade cabochon to be sold at auction, a gem weighing 121.16 ct., sold for $1,722,000 in May, 2000.
Cabochon
A cabochon is a gemstone cut with a smooth, non-faceted, convex upper surface (domes of varying degrees).
Cabochons. The finer qualities are usually cut as cabochons (see figure 1). One of the premium sizes - the standard used by many dealers' price guides - is 14 x 10 mm (Samuel Kung, pers. comm., 1997).
Cabochon
A cabochon is a smooth, round, unfaceted gemstone cut. It's often used to reveal the beauty of semiprecious stones. Their shape can be: oval, round, triangle, square or teardrop.
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cabochon
A cabochon is a special style of fashioning that lacks facets. It consists of a polished, domed surface. This style may be used on any shape of rough, but the most common forms are round, oval, and cushion.
Cabochon: A rounded domed stone without facets. From the French "caboche" meaning small dome.
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Cairngorm: Used in traditional Celtic jewelry it is a yellowish brown smoky quartz. Almost extinct.
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