Full-cut Brilliant: A brilliant-cut diamond or colored stone with the usual total of 58 facets, consisting of 32 facets and a table above the girdle, and 24 facets and culet below.
The perfection of the diamond as a gem was only realized by the modern full-cut brilliant.
brilliant cut Usually refers to a full-cut brilliant of fifty-eight facets, with thirty-two facets and table above the girdle, twenty-four facets and a culet below; used almost universally in cutting larger round diamonds.
 See also: Gemstones, Emerald, Brilliant, Rough, Culet
  
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