Polished Girdles
A Polished Girdle looks clean and smooth all the way around. No Facets, no roughness, just a clean, smooth strip that circles the outer perimeter of the stone.
Polished Girdle: A girdle that has been lapped or polished to yield a uniform, highly reflective surface.
Princess Cut: A type of brilliant cut fancy shape that can be either square or rectangular.
Polished Girdle - A girdle that has been lapped to yield either a lustrous, curved surface or a series of flat, polished surfaces (facets).
Polished Girdle
A girdle which had been finely ground to a polished finish instead of the older and simpler matt finish left by bruting.
Polish Lines ...
Polished Girdle
Usually a girdle edge that has been finished to a high polish or a series of small facets all around the edge of the stone. Most girdles have a gray waxy appearance.
Princess Cut ...
Polished girdle: A girdle that has been lapped (polished) into a
smooth, polished surface, or more commonly into a series of flat, polished facets. As opposed to a dull-looking unpolished girdle.
An unpolished girdle is often referred to as a "frosted girdle". The girdle thickness is a primary indicator of how well a diamond is cut. A heavy girdle occurs when the cutter puts more emphasis on retaining weight.
- A triangular-shaped cut developed in Amsterdam, with 25 facets on the crown, 19 facets on the pavilion and a polished girdle. Can either have pointed corners or a more rounded triangular shape.
Frequently on an unpolished girdle of real gem material the file will leave a streak of steel.
Thus, according to the type of girdle of the brilliant being graded, the comparison stone with its bruted, faceted or polished girdle can b turned into the direction of sight of the observer, thus rendering a better comparison possible.
It may be a traditional triangular shape with pointed corners or a more rounded triangular shape with 25 facets on the crown, 19 facets on the pavilion and a polished girdle.
 See also: Stone, Polished, Facets, Rough, Facet
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