Friday, April 25, 2008

Weekly Vocabulary

1. Word / Phrase:Carat Weight

Meaning:it the weight of a diamonds in carat

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2. Word / Phrase:Fluorescent

Meaning:color reaction when exposed to radiation

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3. Word / Phrase:Loupe

Meaning:it a magnifying glass that help watchmaker to see the jewelry beauty

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4. Word / Phrase:Girdle

Meaning:it the middle part of a diamond between the top and the bottom

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5. Word / Phrase:Crown

Meaning:top of the stone or the diamonds

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6. Word / Phrase:Pavilion

Meaning:bottom of the stone or diamonds

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7. Word / Phrase:Culet

Meaning:a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem

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8. Word / Phrase:Table

Meaning:it the surface of a diamond

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9. Word / Phrase:Clarity

Meaning:the more flaws the ugly it get.

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10. Word / Phrase:Chameleon Diamond

Meaning:it changed color when exposed to heat

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11. Word / Phrase:Clarity Enchantment

Meaning:laser techniques to improve the clarity

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12. Word / Phrase:Heat Treated

Meaning:heating procedures to change color

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13. Word / Phrase:Shape

Meaning:there are many different kind of shape of diamond or gem stone

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14. Word / Phrase:Marquise

Meaning:a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.

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15. Word / Phrase:Oval

Meaning:a shape of an egg

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16. Word / Phrase:Emerald

Meaning:a rare variety of beryl that is colored green by chromium and valued as a gem

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17. Word / Phrase:Heart

Meaning:a diamond cuts in to a heart shape

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18. Word / Phrase:Baguette

Meaning:a rectangular shape given to a small gem, esp. a diamond, by cutting and polishing.

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19. Word / Phrase:Tapered Baguette

Meaning:Rectangle shape

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20.Word / Phrase:Merchandise

Meaning:the stock of goods in a store

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1 comment:

Mr. Andrew said...

Those words are awesome and pertain directly to your internship. What was the context? What were you doing when you saw that word/those words?