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FACETED GIRDLE [7 records]

Record 1 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

List typical facets of princess shapes :... e) for the pavilion : 4 girdle breaks, 4 corner gridle breaks, 4 mains, 24 halves, culet : pointed, may be faceted; f) for the alternative pavilion : 4 girdle breaks, 8 mains, 16 halves, culet : pointed, may be facetted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A girdle with a frosted appearance.

CONT

Girdling can be done by :-a bruter to produce a bruted(grey) girdle,-an automated girdle polishing machine to produce a transparent polished girdle,-a polisher to produce a faceted girdle.

OBS

Figure B 1.

Key term(s)
  • gray girdle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Rondiste qui a une apparence givrée.

CONT

Le rondiste peut être ébruté (c'est-à-dire gris), poli (c'est-à-dire lisse comme un miroir), ou encore facetté.

OBS

En raison de l'emploi des «dops semi-automatiques» dans la taille et le polissage, il est impératif que la bande débrutée d'une pierre présente des bords impeccablement rectilignes, faute de quoi elle échappera de la pince utilisée pour la polir.

Key term(s)
  • rondis débruté
  • rondis ébruté
  • rondis gris

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A three-sided modified brilliant cut with curved sides, rounded corners, and usually 44 facets, including a faceted girdle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Taille brillant modifiée à trois côtés incurvés et coins arrondis, comprenant généralement 44 facettes, incluant le rondiste facetté.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A small facet which is polished on the curved face of a diamond’s girdle to improve the overall brilliance of the stone.

OBS

If the girdle itself is faceted, the diamond is said to have a faceted girdle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Petite facette taillée sur le rondiste d'un diamant afin d'en améliorer la brillance.

CONT

«Quadrillion» : Diamant carré comportant 49 facettes en brillant : 21 facettes de couronne, 24 facettes sur la culasse et quatre facettes sur le rondis.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A girdle which has been polished with a series of flat facets.

CONT

Faceted girdle refers to a girdle on which small facets have been polished to improve the brilliance of the diamond.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Rondiste sur lequel est taillée une série de facettes planes.

CONT

Un rondis facetté et correctement proportionné.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A girdle with a lustrous curved surface or a series of flat, polished surfaces (facets).

CONT

Describe the girdle: ... c) may be ... polished: created when a girdle is polished in a girdle polishing machine ...

OBS

Not to be confused with faceted girdle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Rondiste dont le pourtour a été poli.

OBS

Le rondiste peut être lisse ou facetté.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

That portion of a faceted gemstone below the girdle.

CONT

Both on the crown (the part above the girdle, i.e. the plane with the greatest diameter) as on the pavilion (the part under the girdle), 4 facets are first placed.

OBS

In North America and Britain, the portion of a fashioned stone below the girdle is called "pavilion." On European continent, the pavilion is the part above the girdle, the portion below being known as the culasse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Partie du diamant taillé située au-dessous du rondiste.

OBS

En anglais, ne pas confondre «pavilion», la culasse, avec «pavilion facets», les pavillons.

Spanish

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