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Terms for subject Jewelry (593 entries)

cut	A term used to describe how a stone is faceted or shaped. The most popular shapes are round, brilliant, marquise, pear, emerald, princess, square, and oval.
dangle ring	A ring that features a dangling gemstone or metal chains that hang off the main band.
dead spot	An industry term that refers to a gemstone that has dull areas or areas that poorly reflect the light.
designer jewelry	Jewelry that is often designed to cater to a certain trend or fad. Designer jewelry can also refer to a line created by a specific jewelry craftsman.
device	Refers to the main focal point on a coin.
diamond	Crystallized Carbon. Probably the most recognized gemstone in the world. It is prized for it rarity and is also the hardest gemstone on the Moh scale.
diamond cut	Refers to a piece of metal that has been cut with a tool affixed with a diamond. The hardness of the diamond cuts through the metal creating a criss-crossed pattern that creates a surface with more sparkle.
diamond disc earrings	Earrings with circular discs that are covered with diamonds. These earrings are often pave set with the gemstones.
diamond station eternity band	A piece of jewelry like a ring or bracelet wherein diamonds are set in a pattern repeatedly throughout the piece'™s design.
dichroic	Refers to a gem that appears two different colors or shades when viewed from different directions. Alexandrite is a dichroic gemstone because it varies from red to green in different light.
dichroism	The ability of a certain type of gemstone to show two different colors or shades when viewed from opposite sides of the crystal.
Dichroscope	An instrument used to view the different colors of a dichroic mineral or determine is a gemstone is dichroic (possessing two color classes, like tourmaline or iolite) Dichroscopes are useful tools for jewelers as they can determine the stone'™s true colors, the gem'™s central axis, and often categorize a rough stone (a stone that has not yet ben cut or faceted)
fire	dispersion
dispersion	The splitting of white light into its constituent spectral colors, the rainbow colors, when it passes through inclined surfaces, such as those on a prism or faceted gem. Dispersion in gemstones is called fire.
dog tag pendant	Usually in the shape of a bone, these pendants are often engraved.
dome pearl	A solid blister pearl grown around a mother-of-pearl nucleus on the inside of the mollusk shell.
dome ring	A dome ring features a solid, round cabochon setting, or a highly polished stone without any cut facets, on top of the shank. This gives the ring the appearance of a dome.
doorknocker earrings	Dangle earrings that are hinged and sway back and forth. Often chandelier earrings have this type of motion.
double hoop earring	Also called a double hoop up, these earrings feature a smaller hoop inside of a larger hoop.
double marquise jewelry	A piece of jewelry that features two marquise shaped gemstones or the repetition of the marquise shape two times in the metal.