Nick
A Nick is a small Chip taken out of the Girdle or Facet. Usually this is caused by hitting the Diamond with brute force or pressure.
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NICK - A minor chip on the surface of a diamond, usually found near or on the girdle of the stone.
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OPAQUE - A term referring to the transparency of a gemstone; opaque materials do not transmit light.
Nick - A minor chip out of the surface of a fashioned diamond, usually caused by a light blow. It is more likely to be found along the girdle than elsewhere, although it may also appear on a facet junction or on a facet.
Nick: A notch near the girdle or a facet edge.
Off-Make: A poorly proportioned Diamond.
Opaque - A term referring to the transparency of a gemstone; opaque materials do not transmit light.
nick A small chip on a diamond which is most common on the girdle especially where extremely thin areas occur. Very common on older cuts.
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Small chip or indentation on the surface of a diamond. Usually found on the girdle.
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NICK - A minor chip out of the surface of a diamond, usually caused by a light blow, found near or on the girdle of the stone (a percussion mark).
Nick
A small chip on the surface of a diamond, usually near the girdle or the facet edge.
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Nick: A minor chip out of the surface of a polished diamond, usually caused by a light blow.
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Off-color diamond: Any diamond that has a tinge of undesirable color, especially yellowish, brownish or grayish.
Nick - This setting style is designed to look like channel setting, but the stones are actually held by small prongs "nicked" in the side of the channel. It enhances the central diamond making it appear larger.
Nick
A notch made on a rough diamond where it needs to be cleaved. A notch on a polished diamond, usually near the girdle.
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Fig 334 Nick in the girdle
Fig 335 As Fig 325 seen through the crown
Fig 336 Two nicks in the girdle ...
Any scratch, nick, abrasion, knot or any other flaw on the surface of a diamond. This affects clarity. A blemish could be natural or be the result of polishing.
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A blemish is a nick, scratch, or other mark on the surface of a stone, as opposed to an inclusion, which exists in (or reaches into) the stone's interior.
Blemish, an defect in a gemstone found at the surface, such as a pit, nick, scratch, chip or even an extra facet where none should be. A blemish differs from an inclusion, which is internal to the gemstone.
It is a bit of a gray day over Ekaterinburg and we are taking two cars—Nick and I are in the 320 Mercedes, which gives me sort of an unreal feeling. The second car is appropriately a Lada and I feel much happier.
The cleaving is accomplished by making a nick or groove in the surface of the rough material at the proper point (the stone being held by a tenacious wax, in the end of a holder, placed upright in a firm support).
The edges should not be sharp to pull your threads from your expensive cashmere or cut a nick on your fianc�'s face. There are loads of colors to choose for the gemstones.
BLEMISH:
A blemish is a nick, scratch, or any other flaw on the surface of a gem stone.
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Blemish: A flaw, such as a nick or scratch, on the surface of a stone.
Blister Pearl: A pearl that forms attached to the shell.
Bloodstone: A variety of chalcedony that is dark green red spots resembling blood.
Blemish: A blemish is a nick, scratch or any other flaw on the surface of a gem stone.
Blister Pearl: An irregular or dome shaped, hollow pearl that is cut off the inside shell of the oyster.
Any scratch, chip or nick will remove the color layer revealing a light spot, and the stone cannot be recut or it would lose its color entirely.
An external mark or surface imperfection on a diamond. For example, a nick, abrasion, knot, scratch, minor crack or fissure (cavity), or a poor polish. A natural or an extra facet is also considered a blemish.
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The black and red crystal forms of sphalerite are also nick named as Black Jack and Ruby Jack. The iron content in it increases the darker shade and opaque metallic crystals are known as Marmatite.
Term used in the GIA clarity-grading system for any nick, scratch, abrasion, pit, polish mark, graining or polish line on the surface of a polished diamond.
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Burgoo
A lighter burgoo developed by Nick Sundberg, Executive Chef of the Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
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From India this jewel was lately brought o'er,
Though sunk in the sea, it was found on the shore,
And just in the nick to St. James's it got,
Conveyed in a bag by the brave Major Scott,
Derry down.
A heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nick and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits.
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 See also: Cut, Rough, Jewel, Stone, Diamond
  
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