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| the slightly curving center of the long side of a pear, marquise, heart, or oval |
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| a dark area across the center of an elongated brilliant cut |
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| a cutting style in which triangular and kite-shaped facets radiate from a gem's center toward its girdle |
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| the arrangement of a gem's facets |
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| any gemstone shape other than round |
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| a faceting style that replaces the large bezel facets at the points of marquises, pears, and hearts with star and upper girdle facets |
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| a numerical expression of the relationship between the length and width of a fancy cut, where the value for width is one |
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| a cutting style that combines step-cut and brilliant-cut facets |
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| outward curve of the pavilion facets of a step-cut diamond |
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| the face-up outline of a gem |
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| a diamond's overall attractiveness in relation to the others of the same shape and cutting style |
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| a cutting style with long, narrow, four-sided facets in rows parallel to the girdle on both the crown and pavilion |
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