cabochon
Sign in to savethumb|A collection of tourmaline cabochons in a variety of colours
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thumb|A collection of tourmaline cabochons in a variety of colours
A cabochon (; ) is a gemstone that has been shaped and polished, as opposed to faceted. The resulting form is usually a convex (rounded) obverse with a flat reverse. Cabochon was the default method of preparing gemstones before gemstone cutting developed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cabochon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.