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English star cut

A style of cutting a diamond that is somewhat similar to the English square cut except that on the pavilion there are, extending from the girdle to the culet, 4 triangular facets alternating with 4 isosceles-trapezoid facets.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson