Cabochon

The Timeless Cut That Highlights Natural Beauty

A cabochon is one of the oldest and most traditional gemstone cuts, characterized by its smooth, rounded surface without facets. This cutting style enhances a gem’s natural color, depth, and optical effects, making it particularly suitable for stones with chatoyancy (cat’s eye effect), asterism (star effect), or opalescence.

Cabochon-cut gemstones, such as moonstone, opal, star sapphire, and cat’s eye chrysoberyl, are highly prized for their organic beauty and unique visual effects. This shape allows collectors to appreciate the pure essence of a gemstone, revealing its natural patterns, inclusions, and luminosity without the distractions of facets.