Girdle Facets - The 32 triangular facets that adjoin the girdle of a round brilliant-cut stone, 16 above and 16 below.
girdle facets See lower girdle facets, upper girdle facets and faceted girdle.
girdle reflection See fish-eye.
Lower Girdle Facets
There are Sixteen Lower Girdle Facets that are long triangular shaped Facets that extend from the Girdle (should line up with the Upper Girdle Facets) and extend down into the Pavilion.
Pavilion Main Facets ...
Lower Girdle Facets
The facets on the pavilion of a round brilliant just below the girdle.
Master Diamonds ...
Girdle facets of unequal lengths
Facets of unequal size
Table reflection to estimate pavilion depth ...
Lower Girdle Facets
These are the sixteen triangular shaped facets on the pavilion side of the diamond, which run around the girdle. They share a facet edge with the main pavilion facets.
Culet ...
Just above the girdle are sixteen upper girdle facets. On the pavilion are sixteen lower girdle facets and eight pavilion mains. You may or may not have a culet at the point.
Brilliant cut: The standard round brilliant consists of a total of 58 facets: 1 table, 8 bezel facets, 8 star facets and 16 upper-girdle facets on the crown; and 8 pavilion facets, 16 lower-girdle facets, and usually a culet on the pavilion, ...
There are 16 upper girdle facets, 8 Star facets, 8 Bezel facets, and a table facet above the girdle. Below the girdle there are 16 lower girdle facets 8 pavilion facets and a culet. (see Old Mine Cut and Old European Cut).
Girdle Facet Any of the facets adjacent to the girdle on a brilliant cut or other diamond, split into upper (crown) girdle facets, and lower (pavilion) girdle facets.
Gold Yellow precious metal used in most jewellery in various alloys.
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having 55 crown facets, 64 pavilion facets and 24 girdle facets, all perfectly symmetrical. Tolkowsky's skillful hands had miraculously taken a rough brown diamond and coaxed from it a stone with a rich golden-yellow color.
with "naturals" (portions of the original rough that have not been faceted to conserve weight) that noticeably affect the roundness or symmetry of the stone, or extend into the pavilion or crown, should be avoided. A lack of polish on girdle facets ...
The most common cut of diamond consisting of 58 facets: 1 table, 8 bezel facets, 8 star facets, 16 upper girdle facets, 16 lower girdle facets, 8 pavilion facets and 1 culet
Brooch ...
Brillianteering refers to the final stages of the diamond cutting process when the star facets along with the upper and lower half facets (also known as upper and lower girdle facets) are polished on the diamond.
The Barion square cut diamond has a 4-fold mirror-image symmetry, and a total of 81 facets, not including the 16 girdle facets.
Barocut ...
Crown
The crown is the top section of a diamond, above its widest point, or girdle, that comprises the table, and the star-, bezel- and upper-girdle facets.
Also, the table size range is larger in today's round cuts (about 53-57%, as a % of the stone's average diameter), but still include Tolkowsky's calculations which called for a 53% table. Finally, the lower girdle facets are now cut much deeper ...
Faceting is done in two steps: during blocking, the table, culet, bezel and pavilion main facets are cut; afterward, the star, upper girdle and lower girdle facets are added.
providing the outline shape (for example, heart, oval or round) for the gem. Faceting is then done in two steps: during blocking, the table, culet, bezel and pavilion main facets are cut; afterward, the star, upper girdle and lower girdle facets are ...
 See also: Facet, Diamond, Girdle, Facets, Cut
  
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