- unfaceted
- неогранённый
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unfaceted
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unfaceted — adjective lacking facets an unfaceted gem • Ant: ↑faceted … Useful english dictionary
unfaceted — adj. * * * … Universalium
eyestalk — A pre segmental appendage on either side of the median line of the carapace and bearing on its distal surface the cornea [Ingle, 1983]. Articulating eye comprising peduncle and (usually) pigmented cornea [Poore, 2004]. Peduncle movably… … Crustacea glossary
Alabama cave shrimp — Taxobox name = Alabama cave shrimp status = EN status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda infraordo = Caridea familia = Atyidae genus = Palaemonias species = P.… … Wikipedia
Carbuncle (gemstone) — A carbuncle is an archaic name given to any red cabachon cut gemstone. The name applied particularly to red garnet. [Shipley, Robert M. Dictionary of Gems and Gemology, 5th edition, Gemological Institute of America, 1951, pp40] The word occurs in … Wikipedia
gemstone — /jem stohn /, n. a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished for use as a gem. [bef. 1000; ME gimstone, OE gimstan. See GEM, STONE] * * * Any of various minerals prized for beauty, durability, and rarity. A few noncrystalline… … Universalium
cabochon cut — method of cutting gemstones with a convex, rounded surface that is polished but unfaceted. Opaque, asteriated, iridescent, opalescent, or chatoyant stones are usually cut en cabochon. The back of a normal cabochon cut stone is flat, but it… … Universalium
chatoyance — ▪ mineral property the property of some minerals to exhibit a wavy, luminous band with a silky lustre, reminiscent of the eye of a cat, in the centre of a cabochon cut (cabochon cut) (polished, with a rounded, unfaceted convex surface)… … Universalium
Star of India — ▪ gem a large, cabochon cut, gray blue star sapphire, slightly oval in shape. The polished but unfaceted gem weighs 536 carats and was found in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). It was presented to the American Museum of Natural History, in New York… … Universalium
Timur ruby — ▪ gem jewel that is in fact not a ruby but one of the world s largest polished red magnesia spinels (see ruby spinel). The unfaceted, 361 carat stone is set in the imperial state crown of England. It is inscribed with the names and dates of … Universalium
cabochon — Polished gemstone of rounded, unfaceted form … Glossary of Art Terms
