Glossary
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- Alloy -
- Bead Setting -
- Bezel - A type of stone setting - a thin strip of metal surrounding a stone, whose crimped down edge is holding a stone in place.
- Butterfly Back -
- Cabochon - a stone with a flat bottom and round top - a half-dome. Usually Usually smooth on all sides unless stated otherwise. Other forms of a cabochon would be a rose-cut or checkerboard.
- Carat -
- Channel Setting -
- Comfort-Fit -
- Compass [NSEW] Setting -
- Crown -
- Culet -
- Eternity Band -
- Facet - the individual plane on the outside of a cut gemstone.
- Finish - the texture of the metal on a completed piece of jewelry [or other metal object], generally high polish or a flat matte.
- Flush setting - A type of stone setting where a stone's table is on the same place as the metal it has been set into. Done usually by drilling into the metal, burring or carving the hole into a "seat" the stone can rest in, and burnishing just the edge of the lip over the edge [girdle] of the stone.
- Girdle - The edge of a faceted stone that separates the crown from the pavillion.
- Halo Setting -
- Jacket Band -
- Karat -
- Melee -
- Milgrain -
- Pavé -
- Pavillion -
- Prong -
- Rose-cut - a stone in the form of a cabochon but whose domed top is covered in facets, traditionally triangular, though more complex cut with facets of a variety of shapes is considered a rose-cut as well.
- Solitaire -
- Table - The top facet [generally the largest facet] of a cut gemstone.
- Window - When looking at a faceted stone you are able to see directly through to the other side. Traditionally the sign of a poorly planned faceting job on a stone, some modern faceting artists are choosing to use windows in bold new cut designs. See for reference the work of Topnotch Faceting [Jean-Noél Soni].