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good check whether a brilliant is regularly and symmetrically cut
results from observing the lines of the table-edges. Their lines should
be regular and parallel to one another. Where they do not run in a
straight line but are "wavy" a good symmetrical cut is ruled out
straight away (Fig, 274-276), for the adjoining facets are also
affected.
The table should form a regular octagon with table-edges running together in points. Occasionally one or more blunt table-edges are observed (Fig, 277}.
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| Fig 274 Irregular table edges | Fig 274 a Irregular table edges |
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| Fig 275 Irregular table edges | Fig 276 Irregular table edges |
| Eccentric culet | Size of the facets |