Culet Facet Symmetry
The Culet is at the point where the 8 Pavilion Main Facets meet and you can get a good idea about the make of a Diamond by viewing this Facet in the center of the stone.
DIAMOND CULET
The culet (pronounced cue-let) is the small area at the bottom of a diamond's pavilion. The culet can be a point or a very small facet sitting parallel to the table.
CULET:
The facet or point at the bottom of the pavilion of a gemstone. It is sometimes listed as a facet and would, for example, increase the number of facets listed for a round brilliant diamond from 57 to 58.
no culet present;
very small culet
difficult to see under 10 x magnification; ...
Culet: A tiny flat facet that diamond cutters sometimes add at the bottom of a diamond''s pavilion. Its purpose is to protect the tip of the pavilion from being chipped or damaged.
Culet
The facet on the bottom of a diamond. It is best to have no culet, followed by a very small, small, or medium culet.
Culet: Small facet at the bottom of a finished gem (at the point).
Cultured pearls: Pearls cultivated by artificial insertion of a small bead, often made of mother-of-pearl and mantle tissue, into an oyster.
Culet: The lowest part of a gem.
Cultivation: The process of forming a pearl by inserting tissue from a sacrifice mollusk into another.
Cut: The method of faceting a gem.
culet The point at the very bottom of the pavilion of a gemstone.
cut The style in which a gem has been fashioned; e.g., emerald cut, brilliant cut. Also refers to a gem's proportions; e.g., well cut.
Culet: The bottom point of the diamond. It may be polished in some stones. Sometimes, a cutter may choose to make the culet a surface instead of a point.
Cushion Cut: A mixed cut diamond shaped like a square pillow.
Culet
Small facet on the point of the pavilion of a brilliant-cut diamond or on the keel of a step cut; fashioned to reduce the risk of damage.
Cut ...
CULET - The small facet polished across what would otherwise be the sharp point or tip of the pavilion of a faceted stone, especially a round brilliant cut. It is cut and placed with the full intention of avoiding breakage of this tip.
Culet
The culet is the lowest part or point of the faceted stone. Usually present in brilliant cut stones, and sometimes engraved with the appraisal information to protect the stone form being stolen and resold.
Culet
Culet is the bottom point of a cut gemstone.
Cullinian Diamond
Cullinian Diamond or the Star of Africa is the largest found diamond at 3,106 karats, and was found in South Africa in 1905.
Culet
The bottom point of a faceted gemstone is called the culet. This tip may or may not be a facet.
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Culet
A small polished surface placed at what would be the point or ridge of a facetted stone, used to reduce chipping.
Cut
The specific from into which a stone is fashioned. One of the deciding factors in gemstone value.
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.
Culet - A faceted stone can be divided into an upper and lower section. The upper section or top is referred to as a crown. The lower section is referred to as a pavilion. The perimeter where both parts meet is referred to as a girdle.
Culet
A small, octagonal facet sometimes added to the bottom of a diamond's pavilion to protect the tip from being damaged. Basically a flat face on the bottom of a gemstone. It derives from the Latin word for bottom, culus.
Culet The lowest part of a gemstone. This looks the tip or point of the stone.
Cuprian See Copper-bearing.
Culet: The small facet that is polished parallel to the table across what would otherwise be the sharp point which terminates the pavilion (bottom) of a diamond. Its function is to reduce the possibility of damage to the stone.
culet A protective facet at the convergence of all the pavilion (bottom) facets. When the cutter chooses not to polish a culet on the diamond, it may still be referred to as a pointed culet.
Culet
The smallest facet, at the bottom of most round or brilliant cut stones, is known as culet. Its purpose is to protect the tip of the pavilion from being chipped or damaged.
culet
The extreme low (lowest) point or facet of any stone.
cultured pearls ...
Culet: A very small flat facet that diamond cutters commonly add at the base of a diamond's pavilion. Its purpose is to protect the tip of the pavilion from being chipped or damaged.
Culet/Keel: The tip or line at the bottom of the pavilion on a faceted stone where the pavilion facets meet.
[Culet on a square cut stone, keel on an emerald cut stone] ...
Culet: The pointed bottom of the pavilion, sometimes polished with a tiny facet, sometimes pointed with no facet.
culet
The small facet that forms the base of a brilliant cut diamond or gemstone and prevents it from being chipped ...
Culet: The tiny flat facet on the tip of the pavilion of a cut gemstone.
Culet:
A facet on the very bottom of a diamond. It is best to have a small or medium culet. A large culet will make it look like there is a hole in the bottom of the stone due to leakage of light.
Culet:
A small facet placed at the bottom of the pavilion of a gem.
Cultured Pearl: ...
Closed Culet - A culet on a diamond that is too small to be resolved with the unaided eye and that can be seen only with difficulty under 10x.
Culet: The culet is the tiny flat facet at the bottom tip of the diamond
Depth: The depth of a diamond refers to the total length of a diamond, measured from the culet to the table
Proportion, Symmetry and Polish ...
Culet: The bottom point of the diamond which may or may not contain a facet.
Cultured pearls: Pearls cultivated by artificial insertion of a small bead, often made of mother-of-pearl and mantle tissue, into an oyster.
Culet: The tip of a diamond (the best culet is invisible to the naked eye).
Depth: The height of a diamond measured from the culet to the table.
B2C Jewels' Ideal Cut Grade ...
culet
The culet is the bottom or pointed part of a cut and faceted gemstone. See the picture at right. Select here to view more information on the parts of a cut and faceted gemstone.
curb (chain) ...
Culet which has been polished into a facet rather than being left as a point.
Oppenheimer ...
Culet Size:
None, Pointed, Very Small, Small, or Medium
You'll often find these proportions, or ones close to them, called the "American Ideal" cut.
Culet: The smallest point of a diamond. It is located at the very bottom, furthest away from the top of the stone.
CULET 1
A full cut Diamond has 58 facets. A single cut Diamond is one in which there are 16 facets, and is a common cutting style in Diamonds up to about five points in size.
Culet
The culet is the point at the bottom of the diamond. Most diamonds today do not have a culet (meaning all the facets come to a sharp point).
Culet
Smallest facet that may be present at the bottom of a full cut diamond. Is of negligible diameter or will cause light to leak out from the diamond.
Cullinan diamond ...
Culet off center
Table Size: is calculated as a percentage of the gemstone's total width. The table is described as small if its size is under 33%; acceptable if it is 33-67%; and large if it is above 67%
Small table ...
CULET
The culet is the minute facet on the tip of the pavilion of a brilliant cut diamond.
CULTURED ALEXANDRITE ...
Culet - The point at the bottom of the diamonds pavilion.
Cultured pearls - A process of cultivating pearls by inserting a mother of pearl irritant into an oyster or other mollusk.
Culet
The smallest (58th) facet at the bottom of a full-cut diamond. Some diamonds do not have a culet (none or pointed is how the culet of that diamond will be described).
culet
The term culet is used to describe the bottommost facet on the pavilion of a gemstone. It is cut parallel to the table and is generally the smallest facet on a stone.
cultured pearl ...
Culet: A tiny point at the bottom of a diamond or other gemstone that keeps the stone from fracturing.
A culet is the bottom point of a gemstone or a small facet that is ground at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone. The culet prevents splintering of the stone. Modern stones rarely have a faceted culet.
Cultured Pearls ...
C. Culet Size
(as it appears when looking through table)
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Culet
The small facet on the bottom tip of a diamond.
Cultured Pearl
Cultured pearls are created when tiny irritants are inserted into a mollusk shell. Nacre builds around the irritants over time, resulting in cultured pearls.
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Off-center culet: A major problem in gemstone cutting. An off-center culet seriously affects the symmetry of a stone.
The cutting style was developed in 1910 and requires that a stone be cut with a round girdle, 32 facets plus the table on the crown or upper part of the diamond, and 24 facets plus, sometimes a culet (point) on the pavilion or lower part of the ...
This new cut enhanced the fire and light of the stone; it had a small table, a high crown, wide step facets, a deep pavilion and square culet. This cut became very popular in Art Deco jewelry and was a forerunner of the emerald cut.
You may or may not have a culet at the point.
There are certain angles, percentages and proportions that must be considered and evaluated to determine the quality of a diamond's cut.
Culet:The point at the bottom of the pavilion of a diamond. The preferred culet grades for a round diamond range from none to small because med to large cutlets affect the diamond's light performance.
The 'old-European' cut had 58 facets and shallower cutting proportions that better reflected light and exposed the culet far less.
or ruby which actually has little color of its own; that a sapphire has been so cleverly set that it seemed of deep, homogeneous color, but on being removed from its tricky setting was seen to have only a tiny tip of blue at the lower, or culet end; ...
As you look down through the gem, the culet generally appears centered in the middle of the table showing the pavilion of the gem with an attention to symmetry. When you examine the gem in profile, the girdle and table facet are generally parallel.
The Tolkowsky brilliant had a larger culet, visible through the table, whereas today's round brilliant has either no culet, or a very small or small culet.
 See also: Diamond, Facet, Shape, Table, Color
  
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