Download or read book The Art of the Lapidary (Classic Reprint) written by Herbert P. Whitlock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Art of the Lapidary The upper part of a brilliant is called the crown or bezel and the lower part is known as the pavilion, the line separating the crown from the pavilion and which marks the widest part of the stone is the girdle. The size of the girdle constitutes the spread of the stone and the crown and pavilion taken together constitute its depth. There are also special names given to the various kinds of facets and these are given in diagram in Figure 2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.