these are much less brilliant, and are only used for the commoner kind of work.
Rose
diamonds have been unfashionable for a long time, being superseded by
the brilliant form; lately, however, many persons have been purchasing
and wearÂing rose diamonds, as the same amount of display is thereby
secured at less than half the cost of the brilliant.
The Brilliolette, or Briolet.
In this
mode of cutting, the diamond is formed exactly like two rose diamonds,
joined together at the base ; this is a very beautiful form,
particularly for pendeloques-, but these stones are very rarely met
with.
