Swarovski Basic
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Any part-cut or uncut article will be identified by its article number.
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/1 - Only part of the stone has been cut.
eg. 5309/1 Round Bicone
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/2 - Only the table of the stone has been cut.
eg. 4200/2 Navette
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/3 - The stone has not been cut and has pressed facets.
eg. 4813/3 Heart
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/4 - The stone has not been cut and has no facets.
eg. 2090/4 Cabochon
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Surface Effects
Applied on the surface of the stone
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| AB | Aurore Boreale |
| CAL | Comet Argent Light |
| COP | Copper |
| DOR | Dorado |
| GSHA | Golden Shadow |
| HEM | Hematite |
| METBL | Metallic Blue |
| METSI | Metallic silver |
| NUT | Nut |
| SAT | Satin |
| SSHA | Silver Shade |
| TRA | Transmission |
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Translucent Effects
Applied on the back of the stone, effect shines through the crystal
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| BBL | Bermuda Blue |
| HEL | Heliotrope |
| MBL | Meridian Blue |
| SAG | Sage |
| SAH | Sahara |
| SBL | Sky Blue |
| STS | Star Shine |
| TAB | Tabac |
| VL | Vitrail Light |
| VM | Vitrail Medium |
| VOL | Volcano |
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Variations on Surface Effects |
| V - Effects applied on the reverse side. |
| Z - Only part of the stone is treated for an effect. |
| B - Effects on three sides of a cube shape article |
| 2X - Both sides of the stone are treated with an effect. |
Special Surface Effects
These effecs are achieved by chemical or mechanical process.
MAT - Matt Finish
FRO - Frosted
COS - Cosmojet
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Platinum Foilng (F) - A silver mirror that is coated with a newly developed platinum colored, protective layer.
Aluminum Foiling (M) - An aluminum mirror is applied using a vacuum coating process.
Silver Foiling (S)
Green Gold Foiling (GG)
Unfoiled (U) - Usually an article not marked with any kind of foiling is unfoiled.
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Hotfix (HF)
Hotfix technology involves applying a specially developed glue onto the reverse side of Flat Backs. The glue, which is extremely flexible, is
activated by temperatures between 120 and 170°C and bonds with the carrier material. The crystal element is permanently fixed onto the
carrier material during the cooling off process.
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Hotfix Transparent (HFT)
This variant of the Hotfix technology is a patented bonding agent that is applied to the reverse side of non-mirror finished Flat Backs resulting in
an interesting “raindrop” effect during which the crystal takes on the color of the carrier materials.
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No Hotfix (NoHF)
All Hotfix articles are also available as No Hotfix without glue applied onto the reverse side.
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