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What is a Cabochon?

Cabochon

A cabochon is a round or oval stone cut and polished with one flat side and the other side smooth and domed. When used in watch terminology, it refers to a decorative stone set in the watch crown.

The word comes from the French word "caboche", which means a "knob/small dome. the stone can be round, oval, rectangle, triangle, or teardrop shape and has no facets. This style is commonly used with opaque to somewhat translucent stones such as opal, moonstone, jade and turquoise. Some transparent stones such as emeralds, amethyst and garnet, are also sometimes fashioned as cabochons..

Examples of a Cabochon:

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