6 Terms
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General jewelry
Padparadscha
Fashion; General jewelry
Derived from the Sinhalese term for "lotus flower," padparadscha refers to a lush pink and orange sapphire resembling the colour of the lotus. Padparadscha is also sometimes used to refer to other ...
Paraiba
Fashion; General jewelry
A rare copper-bearing tourmaline with an intense blue or blue-green color, first found in the state of Paraiba in Brazil in 1989. There have been recent finds in Nigeria and Mozambique of similar ...
Pavilion
Fashion; General jewelry
The lower portion of a gemstone that begins just below the girdle.
Lapidary
Fashion; General jewelry
He science and art of cutting and polishing gems to their finished state.
Loupe clean
Fashion; General jewelry
Gemstone is said to be Loupe Clean when no inclusions or defects are visible when the gem is viewed with 10 times magnification. See also Eye Clean.
Lustre
Fashion; General jewelry
He outward appearance of a gem or organic material. The quantity and quality of light that is reflected from the surface of a stone. lustre is important especially when evaluating the quality of ...
Pear cut
Fashion; General jewelry
Resembling a pear or teardrop, this fancy cut is rounded on one end and pointed on the other.
