lapidaries

lapidaries

1. Few lapidaries know their way around all the peculiarities of this gemstone and have sufficient knowledge of its extraordinarily complex structure to enable them to cut difficult tourmalines as well.

只有少数宝石工艺师了解这宝石的独特特质,且深入研究其复杂的结构,进而有资格来切割这极困难复杂的宝石。

2. When cutting most pleochroic gemstones (Iolite, Tanzanite, Kunzite etc.), lapidaries typically try to minimize the pleochroism and maximize the single most prominent color.

在切割大多数的多向色性类宝石时（如堇青石、坦桑宝石、紫锂辉石等），通常宝石匠会尽量缩小多向色性并最大化地将某一主色凸显出来。

3. The man to whom it was committed was one of the most skillful lapidaries in the world.

英皇所委托的这人，是世上宝石匠中第一名手。