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skill facets {E in c) uikI .skew facets (D in <■). The corner facets touch- 

 ing the tiiblc and uirdle on the crown (B in c), and the culet and girdle 

 on the pavilion (Q in d) are called qaohis. The facets between the 

 quoins, and touching the table and girdle when on the crown, and the 

 culet and girdle when on the pavilion, are called, respectively, hezel 



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Fig. 14. 

 THE BRILLIANT. 



a and h, manner in which the brilliant is derived from the fundamental form; c, d, and e, top, side, 

 and back view of brilliant with 58 facets; /, g, and /(, top, side, and back view of modified brilliant 

 with 66 facets. 



facets (A in c) and imvilion facets (P in d). The total number of 

 facets are distributed as follows: 1 table, 16 skill facets, 16 skew facets, 

 8 star facets, 8 (pioins, -i bezel facets, -i pavilion facets, and 1 culet, 

 as shown in c, d^ and e of the text figures, representing the top, side, 

 and bottom views of a brilliant with 58 facets. Occasionally the cut 

 is modified by cutting extra facets around the culet, making 'o^ in all. 



