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amertrine

Rough_Rock
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whats going on with the bottom of this stone? Is that normal or just me? From those photos is looks like theres no culet at all just a flat circle- or am I seeing things?

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amertrine

Rough_Rock
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I expect that would look a very pretty almost skin color irl but the hole at the bottom puts me off. Opinions wanted :)
 

chrono

Super_Ideal_Rock
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Ametrine,
The angles of the bottom few pavilion facets are cut too shallowly to allow the light (and colour) to bounce back to the eye, hence the colour appears to leak through right through the bottom of the gemstone. In short, yes, that is a small window. That said, the window is so small that I expect it to "close up" or not be noticeable once it is set.
 

movie zombie

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i hate windowing....but as noted above, this is so small i don't think it would bother me.....especially once set.
 

gsellis

Shiny_Rock
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That appears to be a flat culet. In fact, there are some very famous diamonds with 90 degree culets like that. I don't personally like them, but they sometimes have to exist on shallow material.
 
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