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Jeffries: Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls

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AN EXPLANATION
OF SOME TECHNICAL TERMS MADE USE OF IN THIS TREATISE, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
The bezils are the upper sides and corners of the brilliant, lying between the edge of the table and the girdle.
The collet is the small horizontal plane, or face, at the bottom of the brilliant.
The crown is the upper work of the rose, which all centres in the point at the top, and is bounded by the horizontal ribs.
The facets are small triangular faces, or planes, both in brilliants and roses. In bril­liants there are two sorts, skew or skill-fa­cets, and star-facets. Skill-facets are divided into upper and under. Upper skill-facets are wrought on the lower part of the bezil, and terminate in the girdle; under skill fa­cets are wrought on the pavilions, and ter­minate in the girdle ; star-facets are wrought b
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