Glossary of Diamond Terms

 

American Brilliant Cut (Tolkowsky Brilliant Cut)

Blocker

Brilliancy

Brilliant Cut

Cape Lines

Carat Weight

Diamond Cavity

Cleavage

Dark-field Illumination

Depth Percentage

Diamond Pipe

Dispersion

Eight Cut

Facet

Feather

Fish-eye

Flaw

Flawless

Hardness

Heat Treatment

Heavy Liquid

Igneous Rock

Inclusion

Kimberlite

Knot

Lustre

Macle

Melange

Mohs Scale

Natural

Old Mine Cut

Pavilion

Pavilion Angle

Pavilion Depth

Pique

Polishing Directions

Sight

Trigon

Aberration