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Crasru,
I could not stop thinking about your problem so I’m back with another thought. There’s been some discussion about what we PSers have coined “half and half extinction”. If you are familiar with the search function, typing that in should bring up the topic which comes with several example pictures. This where half the stone gets blackish/or much darker while the other half stays “lit”. There is a strong line marking the two as though the stone is cut perfectly into halves. Perhaps this isn’t the same as your problem but it should at least show you what extinction looks like as well.
As for windowing, they can never be “closed” in a setting but its appearance is certainly minimized in a closed gallery style setting or an enclosed type setting. The drawback to this is that a dark coloured stone might appear even darker once it is bezeled or gypsy set.
I could not stop thinking about your problem so I’m back with another thought. There’s been some discussion about what we PSers have coined “half and half extinction”. If you are familiar with the search function, typing that in should bring up the topic which comes with several example pictures. This where half the stone gets blackish/or much darker while the other half stays “lit”. There is a strong line marking the two as though the stone is cut perfectly into halves. Perhaps this isn’t the same as your problem but it should at least show you what extinction looks like as well.
As for windowing, they can never be “closed” in a setting but its appearance is certainly minimized in a closed gallery style setting or an enclosed type setting. The drawback to this is that a dark coloured stone might appear even darker once it is bezeled or gypsy set.