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cut for gemstones [2]click to hear

Cutting a gemstone consists of angling the facets so that the stone’s brilliance is intensified.
cut for gemstones [2] navette cut briolette cut pear-shaped cut French cut oval cut baguette cut

briolette cut click to hear

Elongated cut that is completely covered with triangular facets and has neither crown nor pavilion; it is used when stones are to be set in a pendant.

pear-shaped cut click to hear

Brilliant full cut with an elongated girdle.

French cut click to hear

Cut where the table and the girdle are square and the facets triangular.

oval cut click to hear

Brilliant full cut where the girdle is oval in shape.

baguette cut click to hear

Step cut where the table and girdle are elongated rectangles.