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Record 1 2004-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A cutting style in which long, narrow, four-sided facets are arranged in rows parallel to the girdle on both the crown and the pavilion.

CONT

Step cut has rows of facets which are usually four-sided and elongated and parallel to the girdle. Examples include the baguette and tapered baguette. If step-cuts have clipped-off corners, they're called emerald cuts ...

Key term(s)
  • step-cut
  • trap-cut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Type de taille qui comporte des rangées de facettes à quatre côtés, allongées et parallèles au rondiste, à la fois sur la couronne et sur la culasse.

CONT

Les tailles baguette et baguette fuselée [...] sont des exemples [de taille à degrés]. Si la taille à degrés est à coins biseautés, on l'appelle «taille émeraude» [...]

Spanish

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