Antieke juwelen glossarium
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Chip

A small piece cut or broken from a gemstone. The place on a gemstone from which such a chip has been broken. A chip of that nature can sometimes be concealed by the manner in which the stone is set.

A diamond weighing less than three-quarter of a carat, usually one that is rose cut or single cut or one cut irregularly.

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