Diksteen

Translation: Thick stone, octahedron
Description: term used for a type of diamond or diamond cut. The precise meaning remains uncertain; it may refer to a thick or large diamond, possibly an octahedral crystal.
VARIANTS: dicksteen, dycksteen, dijksteen, dyck.
FORMS: none identified.

E.g. ‘Een vierkantige Dijksteen met cleijne diamantjes rondom besett, in een witt cornalyn,’ (inv. 48).

Example of inventory: Inv. 48, 49, 51