mesa (do diamante)
English translation: (diamond's) table (The table is the upper flat facet of a stone)
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| 19:34 Sep 3, 2006 |
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| 5 +4 | (diamond's) table (The table is the upper flat facet of a stone) |
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6 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3diamond's table Explanation: http://www.tradeshop.com/master/table_brillant.shtml (grading a diamond's table) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2006-09-03 19:42:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The table is the upper flat facet of a stone. The size of the table determines the look of the stone: the bigger the table, the greater the brilliance (the sparkle) and the less the fire (the variety and intensity of the color reflected/refracted); the smaller the table, the greater the fire and smaller the brilliance. (It's more wasteful to cut rough diamonds to have smaller tables, thus diamonds with smaller tables are better.) I like to see tables from 56-60% as my default standard, with closer to the center of that formula the better. Diamonds aren't magic, they are natural prisms and wonderful things when cut well, but conversely a stone with a 65% table is seriously effecting the diamond and these "skating rink" tables are to be simply avoided... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2006-09-03 19:44:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.pgrgem.com/diamond/table.html |
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