Cushion Cut Cushion cut is a sexy and romantic name for a squarish (“cushionesque”) antique brilliant-cut diamond, sometimes referred to as an old mine cut. Cushion cuts precede an older brilliant cut, known as a European cut, and represent...
Diamond Cutting & Grading Diamond Cuts Main Article Further Resources Gems & Gemology: The Quarterly Journal of the Gemological Institute of America Diamond Cutting & Grading: Summer 1936, The New Line-Cut Diamond, p. 43, 2pp. Winter 1936, The New...
Emerald Cut The Emerald Cut is a rectangular step cut design which means it has horizontal facets which differ in angles of inclination. Used for diamonds it is also frequently used for colored stones that crystallize in long prismatic shapes and which favor a long...
Imperial Jadeite and Diamond Art Deco-Style Ring. En Cabochon The phrase en cabochon (from French: knob) is the term applied to a gemstone with a smooth, domed top. Cabochons have no facets, are usually highly polished, and...
European Cut Diamonds cut in the later 19th and early 20th-century cutting houses are called ‘Old European Cuts’, a term which indicates stones with round outlines, reasonable symmetry, octagonal table facets, deep pavilions, high crowns,...
