Girdle Fringes: These are also known as bearding or dig marks. It is formed when the raw stone is cut during the processing. These are thin lines like hair that assemble around the diamond's girdle.
Bearding/Girdle Fringes: Impurities containing lines that can occur along the girdle. They often appear to be thin and almost like hair, but can be polished off or recut.
Bearding or girdle fringes
The outermost portion of the diamond, called the girdle, can develop small cracks that resemble whiskers during the polishing process.
Girdle Fringes (n) Sometimes referred to as "Bearding", Girdle Fringes are hair-like lines that can occur around the girdle during the cutting process. They can be removed by polished or re-cutting.
 See also: Diamond, Point, Glass, Inclusion, Surface
  
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