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assembled gem, cut jewel manufactured from two or three pieces of stone that are cemented together to create a larger stone with increased value. A doublet is composed of two pieces of material, usually cemented together at the girdle (the stone’s widest part): if the two pieces are of the same material, the gem is called a true doublet; if they are different, with the crown (above the girdle) being genuine and the pavilion (below the girdle) an inferior stone or glass, it is called a false doublet. True doublets may be detected by immersion in a liquid with an ...(100 of 220 words)

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