Word Finder - brilliants

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A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.

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The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.

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Most hummingbird species of the genus Heliodoxa.

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A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.

Of these the first and second are the largest brilliants in existence.

Some elegant designs mix diamond shapes, such as pairing round brilliants with rectangular baguette diamonds.

This type of ring most commonly uses round brilliants or baguette diamonds, or a combination of both in wedding band designs.

There are also variations of the modern cushion patterns - cushion brilliant and modified cushion brilliants - that can show a great deal of the stone's natural fire to advantage.

On the occasion of the peace of Nystad, which terminated the 21 years' war between Russia and Sweden, Bestuzhev designed and struck a commemorative medal with a panegyrical Latin inscription, which so delighted Peter (then at Derbent) that he sent a letter of thanks written with his own hand and his portrait set in brilliants.

The interiors are gilt, often furnished with detachable plates and sometimes set with brilliants.

It was sent to Amsterdam to be cut, and in 1908 was divided into nine large stones and a number of small brilliants.

In silver-work the proportion of new art designs exhibited by dealers and others is still relatively small; but jewellers, except when setting pure brilliants and pearls, are becoming more inclined to make their jewels of finely modelled gold and enamel enriched with precious and semi-precious stones, than of gems merely held together by wholly subordinate settings.

By the ukaz of 1722 Catherine was proclaimed Peter's successor, to the exclusion of the grand-duke Peter, the only son of the tsarevich Alexius, and on the 7th of May 1724 was solemnly crowned empress-consort in the Uspensky cathedral at Moscow, on which occasion she wore a crown studded with no fewer than 2564 precious stones, surmounted by a ruby, as large as a pigeon's egg, supporting a cross of brilliants.

The empress reassured him by fresh honours and distinctions on the occasion of the solemn celebration of the peace of Jassy (2nd of September 1793), when she publicly presented him with a golden olive-branch encrusted with brilliants.

These decorations with brilliants and rubies were personally bestowed by the Emperor on deserving recipients at the Kaiser's own expense.

These decorations with brilliants and rubies were personally bestowed by the Emperor on deserving recipients at the Kaiser 's own expense.