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Antwerp brilliant
The classic, cut for return of light from every angle.
Facet & Vein / Lapidary / Antwerp
Rough, then radiant
A lapidary studio that cuts one stone at a time. The stone on this page starts as rough rock and is cut as you scroll.
Scroll to cut
I / Rough
Most of it is not the stone.
A good rough looks like a bad one. The cutter's first job is to see which small part is worth saving, and to say no to the rest.
II / Cutting
Planes, in a fixed order.
Table first, then the crown, then the pavilion. Every facet is set against the last by hand, to a tenth of a degree, until the light has nowhere to leak.
III / Brilliance
Light goes in. All of it comes out.
A stone that is cut right returns light through the top. Cut a little too deep and the centre goes dark. We will show you both under a lamp.
Weight lost, brilliance gained.
-Roughness
-Cut
-Facets
-Final weight
Cuts
Three cuts from the studio, each one done by a single person start to finish.
02
Vein emerald
A long step cut that keeps the garden of the stone visible.
03
Dusk oval
A softer shape for a stone with a warm, uneven colour.
Four cutters, one window.
The studio sits above a diamond bourse in Antwerp. Each stone has one cutter's name on its paper, and the paper stays with the stone.
P
Pieter VerhaegenMaster cutter
N
Nadia LeclercGemologist
S
Sol AdeyemiSetting and finish
Bring us a rough.
Heirloom, inheritance, or a stone you found. We will look under the lamp and tell you honestly what it could become.
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