What is a cabachon?
Le 25 mar 2008 par jarredglover ()
The only thing I know about this is that they are used in jewelry. Is this a gemstone??
No it’s not a gemstone. Cabochon refers to gems that have been shaped and polished rather than cut with facets like you see for diamonds, emeralds etc. Usually opals and other irridescent gemstones and ones that exhibit chatoyancy (like tiger eyes) will be prepared en cabochon. Turquoise, malachite and other opaque stones that exhibit nice patterns are also usually cabochoned. Usually they’re oval shaped and kind of domed up but they can really be any shape, just honed and polished instead of cut.
Here’s a nice picture of a brooch with cabochon stones:
http://www.lillianjaffe.com/images/0181_CabachonRS_brn2.jpg
(btw, it’s usually spelled with 2 o’s rather than 2 a’s).
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