The initial goal was to design a square brilliant, or cushion cut diamond, which has
a girdle edge that is thinner, and more consistent, than some of the other diamonds that are currently available.
Average length of the star facets; expressed as a percentage of total distance between table edge and
girdle edge.
Not exact matches
The surprisingly large disks appear as
edge - on silhouettes
girdling infant stars.
sf [south following, SE]
edge of the general mass, and of a milky irresolvable nebulosity; but though described «in cingulo Andromedae,» it is between the robes and the left arm of the Lady, and certainly below its
girdle.
A too - thick
girdle can also create the visual impression of a chalk line around the
edge of the diamond — a look that makes the stone less attractive.
Be careful with this too, because having a feather inclusion near the
edge (at the
girdle) weakens the diamond at that point, and hitting it in the right direction could cause a chip.