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PIERRE RHIN [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Jewellery
DEF

Quartz cut to imitate diamond.

DEF

A coloured (sometimes multicoloured) glass gemstone simulant.

CONT

Ladies plated rings, some set with rhinestone.

OBS

A somewhat meaningless word. It seems to have first meant rock crystal. Later it was used for glass imitation stones with variegated colours .... In America and Canada it usually means colourless paste. It may also still be used to mean rock crystal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
DEF

Variété colorée de quartz.

Spanish

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