Full Cut is also known as Round Brilliant, and is composed of the standard 58 facets (33 on the crown and 25 on pavilion).
Full cut: A round-shaped, brilliant-cut gem of small proportions. Although this is most often used to describe accent diamonds, the term also may apply to colored gems.
Full cut - see brilliant cut
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FULL CUT DIAMOND - A description of a brilliant cut, round stone with 57-58 facets.
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GIRDLE - The narrow band around the widest part of a polished or faceted gemstone. It divides the crown and pavilion facets.
Full Cut With 58 facets, i.e. usually a brilliant cut, and usually round.
FULL CUT
A full cut stone is a gemstone with 58 facets.
FURNACE GLASS ...
Full Cut A round-shaped, brilliant-cut gemstone.
Girdle The widest point in circumference of a gem. This is the point where a gem is usually held by fingers or tweezers for examination.
Full Cut Brilliant
A full cut brilliant is a gemstone usually with total of 58 facets, consisting of 32 facets and a table above the girdle and 24 facets and a culet below the girdle.
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Full cut - A gemstone with 58 facets.
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G.I.A. - The Gemological Institute of America. A non-profit organization specializing in grading diamonds and gemstones. Known as the preeminent laboratory for impartial value grading.
Full cut refers to a round diamond having 57 to 58 facets. It is synonymous with brilliant cut.
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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.
A full cut stone is a gemstone with 58 facets.
Garnet
Garnets are any of a group of semi-precious silicate stones that range in color from red to green (garnets occur in all colors but blue).
Brilliant Full Cut:
This traditional faceting or cutting style for diamonds which improves the optical effect. The perfection of the diamond as a gem was only realized by the modern full-cut brilliant.
Brilliant-full Cut
This cut has at least 32 facets plus the table on the upper part, and 24 facets on the lower part. Usually refereed to as a brilliant cut when talking about diamonds.
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This type of cut is utilized when diamonds are too small for full cuts. Emerald:Probably the most expensive gemstone, this member of the beryl family can be valued higher than diamonds.
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Faceting style (single cut, full cut, step cut, etc.)
Physical measurements (Length x Width x Depth, when multiple stones not ten with a total weight of 1.00ct, but ten with a total weight of 1.
16 Misuse of the words "brilliant" and "full cut."
It is unfair or deceptive to use the unqualified expressions "brilliant," "brilliant cut," or "full cut" to describe, identify, ...
Why use Single Cuts versus Full Cuts?
There are 2 main reasons why Single Cuts are used over Full Cut Diamonds. They are:
1) The Diamonds are Cheaper ...
Single-cut: A very small round diamond with only 16 or 17 facets, instead of the normal 57 or 58 facets of a full cut round brilliant.
Not to be confused with diamond chip, these small diamonds are full cuts containing all 58 facets, and are frequently used in fine jewelry as accent diamonds. The word melee refers to the diamonds weight, which is less than 1/5 of a carat.
(a) In the trade, the term is used collectively to describe small (up to .20 or .25 carat) brilliant-cut diamonds, whether full cut or not. Usually, all small gemstones used to embellish mountings, setting or larger gems are called "melee.
This is because only one in approximately one million diamonds mined produces a full cut and polished one carat diamond. During the cutting process, a great deal of rough diamond material is lost; up to 40-60 percent of rough diamond is shed.
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 ...
A cutting style most often used for diamonds, consisting of 58 facets, also known as modern cut or full cut
Briolette
A teardrop shaped stone faceted with triangular or rectangular facets, sometimes pierced at the top, also known as drop-cut ...
Small stones sometimes receive fewer facets, to lessen the cost and difficulty of cutting, but by paying sufficient for them full cut brilliants as small as one hundred to the carat may be had. Cut (b) of Fig.
Brass
An alloy of copper and zinc
Brilliant cut
A cutting style most often used for diamonds, consisting of 58 facets, also known as ‘modern cut' or ‘full cut' ...
 See also: Stone, Cut, Facets, Facet, Jewel
  
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