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- Pavilion
- The bottom part of the diamond, below the girdle.
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- Pear Cut
- The Pear Cut is a combination of a Round brilliant and a Marquise cut. Pendants looks very nice set with a Pear shape as do earrings, due to the teardrop shape.
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- Pinpoint
- Miniscule spots internal to a diamond. A cluster of pinpoints can form a cloud.
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- Pit
- A tiny opening, often looks like a white dot.
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- Point
- 0.01 Carat
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- Polish Lines
- Tiny parallel lines left by polishing.
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- Polish Mark
- Surface clouding caused by excessive heat (also called burn mark, or burned facet), or uneven polished surface resulting from structural irregularities.
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- Princess Cut
- The Princess Cut is relatively new. It is a very attractive cut. Some people like the Princess because it is rectangular and yet has some of the sparkle of a Round brilliant cut.
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