Faceted Girdle?

[po boy]

What does is mean when a girdle is faceted? Is this good, bad, or neither?

Thanks.

 

[ame]

My girdle is faceted (I guess I thought all were) but I feel like it makes the dispersion of light better and it seems like mine sparkles from every possible spot because of it. Id think its a good thing.

 

[PhillipSchmidt]

I much prefer setting a stone with a faceted girdle. It is also easier to laser inscribe and laser inscriptions can wear off and you can never find them on a non polished surface. Not sure what it says about refraction, but it creates a clean face inside for the light to bounce off and I suspect it won''t take in as much colour from where the girdle touches the prong.

Not too sure though, but a nice clean medium thin girdle with even facets and which is perfectly even speaks a lot to me from a setters point of view. If nothing else you have a better chance of it being set nice & straight.

 

[Giangi]

I, too, much prefer faceter girdles. A frosted or bruted girdle (unfaceted anyways) can slightly help the side-view appearance of a lower colored diamond (J or lower).

 

[denverappraiser]

The girdle is the outside border of the stone. It''s the ''edge''. Sometimes this is polished with a series of very small facets that extend entirely around the stone and sometimes it has a frosted sort of finish. You can see the difference by looking at the stone edge on with a magifier. Mostly, faceting is a good thing but it''s not a major issue for most customers either way. On large stones it is almost always done and on very small stones it is almost never done.

Neil Beaty
GG(GIA) ISA NAJA
Independent Appraisals in Denver