128	THE DIAMOND
	or low faceted domes over a flat base. They are cut usually from the odds and ends of crystals, small flat crystals, and pieces which cannot be used for brilliants. Most of them are cut in small sizes, though some large ones are cut from flat crystals which will not afford a brilliant. The " Dutch " rose has twenty-four facets in two rows of equal depth. The " Brabant " rose has one deep row below, surmounted by a shallow row. This is cut also with twelve facets or less. The " Rose recoupee " has two rows of high facets, twenty-six in number. The " marquise " and " pendeloque," each have twenty-four facets, and the " double " rose, which is like two ordi­nary roses joined at their bases, has forty-eight facets. " Briolettes " are pear-shaped or oval stones faceted all over with triangular facets. The " Pendeloque " is a brilliant-cut, pear-shaped stone. The " Rondelle " is a flat, circular stone with faceted edges, usually pierced in the center for stringing between other stones of bead shape; they are seldom cut in diamond. " India-cut " is a clumsy form of the single brilliant-cut, adopted by East India cutters to preserve weight, and is rarely seen in western markets. " Point-cut" is only found in an­tique jewels. It is produced by polishing the faces of a regular octahedron. Great care is not exercised usually in the cutting of roses. Theoretically the facets are even and regularly placed, but usually the stones are simply covered with un­even flat facets to catch the light and glitter. They make very unsatisfactory jewels, for set them as carefully as possible, dirt will collect under the flat backs and produce a dark, unclean effect. Most of them are cut in very small sizes, many as small as several hundred to the carat.