Collet Setting
Collet setting is one that employs a ring or rim of metal, soldered perpendicular to the surface of the item, surrounding the girdle of a stone thereby holding the stone in place. Also known as a bezel setting.
COLLET SETTING
A collet setting is a very early method of setting gemstones. A collet is a thin, round band of metal that goes all around the stone.
collet setting
A setting in which the stone is held in a circular flange of metal.
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Collet Set
A variation on box setting in which the sides of the box are filed away to sallow more light to enter the gemstone.
Collet: A setting used to hold a gemstone in place on a ring, also known as a “claw' or “prong'.
Collet
Collet is a style of setting used to hold gemstones in place. It is also known as claw and consists of a 'Bezel' and 'Prong'.
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Collet-setting: A style of setting a stone by which the gem is fitted in a circular, square, hexagonal or otherwise shaped 'box' made from a thin metal band or collet.
Collet: The ring of metal that surrounds and secures the stone in a bezel setting.
Collet
See Claw Setting
Comet Tail
A surface defect in metal, that only becomes evident during polishing, caused by an inclusion or porosity in the metal ...
Collet
Round band of metal encircling a gemstone to hold it in place
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Collet, Collets
A collet is a collar or bezel used as a diamond setting.
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Collet: Decorative band or collar with top and bottom edges parallel; flange in which any kind of stone is set.
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Collet: The metal ring around a bezel set stone that holds the stone in place.
The "rubover collet" is a typical bezel-type setting where the stone is set in a conical-shaped collet with a light-well drilled through its center. The rim of the collet is "rubbed" over the girdle of the faceted gemstone using a burnishing tool.
Cloisonné
Technique of enameling in which enamels are contained in cells of metal
Collet
Round band of metal encircling a gemstone to hold it in place
Collier
A wide necklace encircling the neck from throat to chin ...
CULET. (Or Collet). Bottom facet of brilliant parallel to the girdle.
CURATOR. One to whose official care is entrusted a department--as of mineralogy--in a museum.
golden yellow, green yellow or brown Citrine A variety of quartz found in a range of colors from light yellow to red-orange to almost brown Cloisonné Technique of enameling in which enamels are contained in cells of metal Collet Round ...
ColletA metal band that surrounds and supports a stone. Comfort FitA ring that is curved on the inside of the shank thereby adding to the comfort of the wearer. ConchaA Spanish term for shell.
There are many different types of settings, including the collet (a strip of metal surrounding the stone), the claw setting (in which prongs of metal hold the stone in place), Tiffany (a high,six-pronged setting), ...
A style of setting a stone in a finger ring that is a variation of the rub-over setting, in that when the stone is set in the collet a groove is cut around the exterior of the collet and the resulting raised part of the rim is pressed (rubbed) over ...
Illusion Setting: A diamond or gemstone set in a reflective collet-type head to enhance the apparent size of a stone.
Imperial Jade: A variety of jadeite that is translucent and emerald green, the most valuable variety of jade.
The French chemist Hippolyte Victor Collet-Descotils incorrectly declared that del Río's new element was only impure chromium.
setting
The method of securing a gemstone to a piece of jewellery, usually metallic. There are nummerous kinds of settings, inlcuding arcade, bezel, channel, coronet, collet, chaton, and pave ...
Bezel: Although it is now often used to refer to the entire ring setting, the bezel is more accurately the term for the metal case which the gem is set into. The ring of metal that surrounds the stone is called the "collet".
Setting The process of fixing a gemstone into a mount to create a piece of jewellery. A setting is a word used by consumers to describe what a jeweller would call a mount. The word setting is sometimes used in referring to a collet.
 See also: Jewel, Metal, Stone, Jewelry, Cut
  
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