Small stones, matched by hand. Melee is where consistency matters most and is hardest to get- a pave line is only as good as its worst stone. We sort ours to match in color and cut before a parcel ever leaves us, in white, salt and pepper, champagne, and black.

Named for the way its facets open from a central point. Domed above, flat below, no pavilion and no culet. Cut since the sixteenth century and never about brilliance- it glows rather than flashes. The flat base gives it a broad face for its weight, and the shallow depth lets you see into the stone rather than off it.