Jewelry Glossary

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A

AGS AGSL AGTA Anneal Appraisal Assay, Assaying A jour Alexandrite Amber Amethyst Aquamarine Ascher cut Alloy

B

Baguette Band Bangle Bar Setting Baroque Bezel Setting Birthstone Biwa Pearl Black Hills Gold Black Onyx Blemish Blister Pearl Box Clasp Brass Bridal Set Brilliance Brilliant Cut Briolette Buttercup Setting Button Earrings Byzantine chain Bail Basket Box chain Brightness Brillianteering Bruise Bead set

C

Cable chain Cabochaon Carat Casting Center stone Chandelier earrings Channel setting Charm Choker Cigar Band Citrine Clarity Clasp Cluster Cocktail ring Collar Color Colored diamonds Coral Couture Creole earrings Crown Cubic Zirconia Cuff Bracelet Curb link chain Cushion cut Cut Calcium carbonate Carat total weight (ct. tw.) Cavity Certification Chain Chip Claw setting Cloud Comfort fit Contrast Corundum Craftsmanship Crown angle Crystal Culet Cut, fair Cut, good Cut, ideal Cut, poor Cut, very good

D

Demi-hoop style Diamond Diamond-cut rope Diamond melee Drop earrings Depth Depth percentage Dimensions Dispersion Drop necklace Design Diameter Diamond characteristics Diamond dossier Durability

E

Earring back Electroplating Emerald Emerald cut Engraving Estate jewelry Etching Eternity band (ring) Eye clean Enhancements Extra facets

F

Facet Faceted Fancy cut Figaro chain Filigree Findings Finish Fire Fob Fold-over clasp Four C's Foxtail chain French clip French wire Freshwater pearl Face-up appearance Fancy-colored diamond Feather Fluorescence Fracture

G

G (in color) Garnet Gemstones Genuine Gilding Gimmel ring Girdle Gold Gold filled Gold plate Grain Gram weight Green gold Gypsy setting Gemologist Gemologist, graduate Gemscope Gemstone clarity Gemstone color Gemstone size GIA Girdle thickness Grading report, grading certificate Graduated GCAL

H

Hallmarking Head Herringbone Hidden Box Clasp High polish Hearts & arrows effect Heart-shaped diamond Height Hidden clasp with safety Hinged hoop earring Hook clasp Hue Half Moon Diamonds Shape

I

I.D. Bracelet Inclusion Inlay Invisible setting IGI Indented natural Iridium

J

Jade

K

Karat Knot

L

Lab created Lapis Luzuli Lariat Lavaliere Lever back Links Living jewelry Lobster-claw clasp Locket Loupe Luster Laser drill hole Laser inscription Latch earring back Leakage Length Length-to-width ratio Light performance Light fancy yellow Lower-half length Lower-half length percentage Trellis Setting

M

Mabe Pearl Matte finish Marcasite Mariner link chain Marquise cut Melange Melee Milanese Chain Mohs' hardness scale Moissanite Mother of pearl Mounting Make Master set Metal type Miligrain edge Millimeter MSRP

N

Nacre Natural gemstone Navette cut Niello Nugget Natural Needle Nickel

O

Oiling Omega chain Opal Open-work Opera necklace Orient Oval cut Oxidize Opaque

P

Palladium Parure Patina Pave setting Pavillion Pear cut Pearl Pendant Peridot Platinum Point Polish Posy ring Precious metal Princess cut Prong Pavillion angle Peg setting Pinpoint Proportion Proportion factors Push earring back Prong w/AirLine

Q

Quartz

R

Radiant Rhodium Rolo chain Ruby Ring setting Ring size Rope chain Rose gold Round diamond Ruthenium

S

Sapphire Screw back Saturation Semi mount Serpentine chain Setting SI (clarity) Shape Silver purity Slide Snap bar closure Solitaire Snake chain Spring ring clasp Spruce Square setting Stack ring Sterling silver Stud Synthetic diamond/ gemstone Safety clasp Scintillation Shank Shantung silk Sidestone Sparkle Spread Star facet Star length percentage Symmetry Stud Backing

T

Tanzanite Tarnish Tennis bracelet Toggle clasp Topaz Tourmaline Trapeze cut Translucent Transparent Trillion cut Turquoise Table Table percentage Table & depth percentages Tone Troy weight Twinning wisp Tilt Titanium Tension set Thickness

U

Ultrasonic cleaner

V

Vermeil VS (clarity)

W

White gold Width Wedding ring Weight ratio Wheat link

X

Y

Yellow gold

Z

Zirconia, cubic