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Jewelry
Articles made from precious metals and often set with gemstones that are worn on the body for personal adornment.
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pear cut
Fashion; General jewelry
Resembling a pear or teardrop, this fancy cut is rounded on one end and pointed on the other.
phenomenal gems
Fashion; General jewelry
Gems that display unusual optical properties such as color change, chatoyancy, asterism or iridescence.
pigeon's blood
Fashion; General jewelry
Refers to the most prized color of red in rubies. Pigeon's blood red is thought to be a pure red with a hint of blue. It is associated most with rubies from Burma, though any ruby ...
pleochroism
Fashion; General jewelry
The ability of certain gems to display two or more colors when viewed from different angles. This is a term also used for Dichroism and trichroism.
portuguese cut
Fashion; General jewelry
The portuguese cut refers to a particular type of faceting where the gem is cut with three rows (simple cut = two rows) of rhomboidal and two rows of triangular facets above the ...
precious (gemstone)
Fashion; General jewelry
Traditionally, the four precious gemstones are diamond, ruby, sapphire and emerald. But other gems have also been labelled precious at times, including opal and amethyst. Today, ...
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