Fantasy Cuts (Fantasieschliffe)
There is also a new addition to the gem cutting universe: the "fantasy cut" or fantasieschliffe.
FANTASY CUT
The fantasy cut is a new way of faceting stones that uses freeform angles - virtually anything goes.
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Fantasy Cut
Fantasy Cut is a style of cut where the facets are arbitrarily placed.
Faux
Faux means fake or imitation.
Fantasy Cut: Stones cut in fancy shapes. See Fancy cut
Faux: (Pronounced like "foe") French word meaning false, fake, imitation or artificial. In a manufacturing context, faux is used to indicate something made to resemble something else.
Fantasy Cut
There are no limits to lapidaries' imaginations when it comes to the diversity of cuts that can be given to precious stones.
Fantasy Cut: Stones cut in fancy shapes. See Fancy cut
Fashion Jewelry may be precious gems and metals or cheaper costume jewelry that compliments the look of fashion.
Fantasy cuts : the popular cuts in recognizable shapes of hearts, coats of arms, flowers, animals, etc. Rarely faceted.
Pear-shaped: oval stones, diamond or any other gemstone cut with oval table facets above and below girdle.
Fantasy Cut: Faceting stones using freeform angles.
Fashion Jewelry: Another name for costume jewelry.
Faux: French for fake/imitation.
Fantasy Cut or Shape:A type of Gemstone Cut where the gemstone is formed in recognizable, popular shapes such as hearts, flowers, animals, etc. A Fantasy Cut gemstone is rarely faceted.
Less frequently seen variations of the faceted gem are buff tops, briolettes, concaved cuts and fantasy cuts. A buff top gem has a faceted pavilion with a smoothly domed (cabbed) crown.
Everything from stunning fantasy cuts to tumbled beads being seen
Because peridot is not very expensive cutters can focus on beauty more than keeping as much weight as possible ...
Also known as fantasy cuts or fancy shapes, Fancy Cut describes any type of gemstone cut in a shape other than the standard round-cut.
Only imagination limits the cuts and shapes applied to peridot, with everything from stunning fantasy cuts to tumbled beads being seen. Again, because it is not terribly expensive, cutters can focus on beauty more than weight retention.
cuts include the brilliant cut, old European cut, emerald cut, radiant cut, rose cut, step cut, pendelique cut. Mixed cuts in which the style of the facets above and below the girdle are different. Other, more unusual cuts, are know as fantasy cuts ...
Fantasy CutStones cut in fancy shapes FauxPronounced fo (like go) Faux is a French word used to describe something made to resemble something else. The original French word means false, fake, imitation or artificial. Faux marble looks like marble.
 See also: Gemstone, Stone, Facet, Jewel, Diamond
  
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