Look up: cabochon

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   Cabochon
   A stone with a rounded surface, rather than with facets. This style is commonly used with opaque to translucent stones such as opal, moonstone, jade and turquoise. Less expensive transparent stones such as amethyst and garnet, are also sometimes fashioned as cabochons. A garnet cabochon is also referred to as a carbuncle
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   cabochon
   name given cut and polished gemstones that have convex tops; their typical shapes, when viewed from the top, are ovals, including circles.
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   cabochon
   [n] - a highly polished convex-cut but unfaceted gem
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   cabochon
   a stone sutting in convex form,highly polished but not facetted Category: Various industries and crafts
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   cabochon
   See jewel cutting.
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   Cabochon
   Ca`bo`chon' (kȧ`bo`shôN') noun [ French] (Jewelry) A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted; also, the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be cut en cabochon .
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   cabochon
   noun a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets
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   Cabochon
   A `cabochon` or `cabachon` is a gemstone which has been shaped and polished as opposed to facetted. The resulting form is usually a convex top with a flat bottom. Cutting `en cabochon` is usually applied to opaque gems, while facetting is usually applied to transparent stones. Hardness is also taken into account as softer gemstones with a hardness lower than 7 on the Mohs hardness scale are easily scratched, mainly by silicon dioxide in dust and ...
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   Cabochon
   • (n.) A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted; also, the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be cut en cabochon.
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    Cabochon
    (from French caboche, knob). A stone cut with a smooth, rounded surface, with no facets and highly polished. Usually it is cut from an opaque or translucent stone (but some emeralds, amethysts and garnets have been so cut), or a stone with a special optical effect (opal, moonstone). The style of cut was used in Antiquity and continued until the 15th century when it began to be displaced by facetin...
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