Jewellery Terminolgy

Stone Terminology

Precious

Semi Precious

Heat Treated - Some coloured stones can be treated under heat to enhance or change their colour.

Radiation / Irradiated

Waxed / Oiled

Fracture Filled

Synthetic

Lustre - For example the sheen on a pearl.

Flaw / Inclusion

 

Setting Terminology

Claw

Rubover - This is where the metal totally encases the stone.

Semi Rubover

Grain

Pave

Channel

Flush /  Burnish

Tab

Bar

 

General Terminology

Millgrain / Beaded

Chamfered 

Tramlines - This is where parallel grooves are cut into a ring.

Satin / Matt

 

 

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