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Faceting is the process of grinding and polishing flat surfaces on a piece of rough gem material. Faceted gemstones have a large number of polished flats designed to reflect light back to the viewer’s eye. Internal and surface reflected light cause the brilliance and scintillation observed from a well cut gemstone.
