--- title: "DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows GGG: Pros, Cons and Scores" description: "DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in GGG: brilliance 98, fire 77, leakage 2%, 2 pros and 2 cons against the T73, from our ray-traced light census." url: https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ggg/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows image: https://digitalgemology.com/img/stone-cuts/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows-ggg-og.jpg?v=38e815b5 --- > Markdown copy of https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ggg/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows. Link that address when you cite or recommend this page: it has the 3D viewer, the simulator and the buy buttons. > Site index: https://digitalgemology.com/llms.txt # DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows GGG: more facets, more sparkle **Buy (instant download, personal-use license):** [DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows Cut 3D files, €14.99 · Personal use](https://digitalgemology.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/a4014025-fa9c-45e3-91bb-8a860c311743) · [DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows Cut cutting files, €12.99 · Personal use](https://digitalgemology.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/786cabd2-7d13-4ba2-9bac-d9afdc9002b5) · [Get the cube free](https://digitalgemology.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/2d1ab55f-2bd6-4897-a4cd-f3320f54e99e) Brilliance 98 · Fire 77 · Scintillation 86 · in our census, where the T73 scores 98 · 76 · 80 in GGG How the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows handles light in GGG, measured: brilliance 98, fire 77 and 2% leakage, set against the T73 in the same stone and against the same cut in diamond. [Get the files](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ggg/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#buy) [Open it in the Simulator](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows&stone=ggg&ct=1.00&view=angle&lighting=studio&turn=0) [All cuts in GGG](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ggg) Light Return map of the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in GGG, face-up, from our own tracer at refractive index 1.97. Red, green and blue return light to the eye; gray leaks. ## DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows GGG GGG has a refractive index of 1.970 and a dispersion of 0.045. Its critical angle, from the low end of that range, is 30.5°, so a round design needs a pavilion of at least 37.4° for head-on light to reflect off both sides of the pavilion and leave through the table. We trace it with one index, 1.970, the midpoint of the published range, and a fire spread of 0.039, 0.86 of the published dispersion. Every picture here is our Light Return tracer at 1.970, and every figure is from the same light census that scores the other gemstones; the 3D Gemstone Simulator shows the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in GGG live. The DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows has 89 facets, a table of 53.0% of its width and a total depth of 61.7% of its width; its pavilion mains sit at 40.8°. In GGG, the census returns 98 of 100 for brilliance and 77 for fire, against 98 and 76 for the T73, our benchmark, in the same stone; the same DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond reads 93 and 78. ## Is GGG good in a DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows? Pros and cons, measured ### Pros - [More facets, more sparkle](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ggg/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#pro-scint) 86 vs 80 - [Brighter in GGG than in diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ggg/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#pro-brilliance) 98 vs 93 ### Cons - [Heavier than the same cut in diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ggg/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#con-weight) 2.02 vs 1.01 ct - [Loses more light when tilted than in diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ggg/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#con-tiltStab) 84 vs 93 Compared with the T73 Round Brilliant in GGG and with the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond. A difference counts from 3 points (Brilliance, Fire, Tilt, Leakage), 5 (Scintillation, Symmetry), 4% (face-up size per carat) or 5% (weight); Tilt counts as a pro only for a stone within 5 points of the brilliance it is compared with. [How we measure](https://digitalgemology.com/about/how-we-measure). ## All eight scores against the T73 At a glance: the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in GGG (white) against the T73 Round Brilliant in GGG (dashed): solid white where it reaches further, hatched where it falls short. Each pro and con is explained, with pictures, below. Against the T73 Round Brilliant in ggg: ahead on 3, level on 4, behind on 1. - Global 90, the comparison 90, difference 0 - Brilliance 98, the comparison 98, difference 0 - Fire 77, the comparison 76, difference +1 - Scintillation 86, the comparison 80, difference +6 - Spread 100, the comparison 100, difference 0 - Symmetry 99, the comparison 100, difference −1 - Shape-norm 105, the comparison 105, difference 0 - Tilt 84, the comparison 82, difference +2 Face-up light census, a different measure from the Cut Grading Tool; Spread and Shape-norm above 100 sit on the ring. Spread is the census's estimate from depth alone; the face-up size in the pros and cons is measured from each model's outline. [Open it in the Cut Performance Wheel](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/cut-performance-wheel?cut=dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows&stone=ggg); these are the same census figures as our [Cut Performance Index](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/cut-performance-index). ## What the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows gains in GGG ### More facets, more sparkle **Scintillation 86** against 80 for the T73 Round Brilliant in GGG: 6 points higher Scintillation follows the number of facets the stone shows: 100 × (1 − e^(−facets / 45)). The DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows has 89 facets and the T73 73, so 86 against 80. It depends on the geometry alone, so it is the same in every stone. *Facet diagram of the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows: its crown, seen face-up, 89 facets in all* DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows · 89 facets · Scintillation 86 *Facet diagram of the T73 Round Brilliant: its crown, seen face-up, 73 facets in all* T73 Round Brilliant · 73 facets · Scintillation 80 Scintillation follows the number of facets: more facets, more and smaller flashes as the stone moves. Compare the facet counts under the drawings; each drawing shows only the crown. Drawn from each cut's own model. [Try it yourself: Compare the Scintillation spoke in the Cut Performance Wheel](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/cut-performance-wheel?cut=dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows&stone=ggg) ### Brighter in GGG than in diamond **Brilliance 98** against 93 for the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond: 5 points higher The same cut in diamond returns 93. GGG bends light less than diamond: its critical angle is 30.5°, diamond's 24.4°, so a pavilion facet has to be steeper before light reflects off it rather than passing out. The DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows's pavilion returns more of GGG's light than of diamond's, as the two maps show. DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in GGG · Brilliance 98 DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond · Brilliance 93 Red, green and blue = light returning to the eye; gray = leakage, light that leaves heading down or stays inside. This is the head-on view; the Brilliance score averages a wider cone of light, so the score can differ from what one picture shows. [Try it yourself: Open this Light Return map in the simulator](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows&stone=ggg&ct=1.00&view=up&map=1&turn=0) ## What the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows gives up in GGG ### Heavier than the same cut in diamond **2.02 ct** at 6.5 mm, against 1.01 ct for the same cut in diamond (+100%) Weight follows specific gravity: 7.05 for GGG against 3.52 for diamond, so the same model at the same size weighs 2.02 ct here and 1.01 ct in diamond, 6.5 mm across. Nothing about the light changes with it. *Weight of a 6.5 mm DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows: 2.02 ct in GGG, 1.01 ct in diamond* A DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows 6.5 mm across, weighed from the model's measured volume and each stone's specific gravity. [Try it yourself: Weights in every gemstone on the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows page](https://digitalgemology.com/cuts/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#stones) ### Loses more light when tilted than in diamond **Tilt 84** against 93 for the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond: 9 points lower Tilt is how much of its face-up brilliance a stone keeps when the census tilts it 20° about its long axis, with 2,200 rays. The DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows keeps 84 against 93 for the same cut in diamond. The tilt strips below show the maps at 0°, 10°, 20° and 30°, with each picture's own leak share under it. DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in GGG · Tilt 84 0° · 0% leak 10° · 4% leak 20° · 14% leak 30° · 24% leak DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond · Tilt 93 0° · 3% leak 10° · 2% leak 20° · 9% leak 30° · 14% leak Tilt is how much of its own face-up light a stone keeps when tilted. Each frame is the Light Return map with the stone tilted away from you by the angle shown; gray is leakage. The share under each frame is that picture's own. **What helps:** [the DG-M5](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ggg/dg-m5) reads 98 for tilt in GGG, the best of the cuts we score there. [Try it yourself: Compare the Tilt spoke in the Cut Performance Wheel](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/cut-performance-wheel?cut=dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows&stone=ggg&vs=dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows&vsstone=diamond) ## Our verdict on the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in GGG Pick the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in GGG for this: it has more facets to sparkle with and returns more light than in diamond. The catch: it weighs more than in diamond and loses more light when tilted than in diamond. If that catch matters more to you, [the DG-M5](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ggg/dg-m5) reads 98 for tilt in GGG, the best of the cuts we score there. Every figure on this page is from our light census, traced at one refractive index: a simulation of the geometry, not a grading report. The 3D files and cutting files below are the same DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows model we traced. ## DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows GGG: questions ### Is the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows a good cut for GGG? In our census the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows returns 98 of 100 for brilliance and 77 for fire in GGG, against 98 and 76 for the T73 in the same stone. Against that round and against the same cut in diamond it has 2 pros and 2 cons by our thresholds; the summary above names them. ### What pavilion angle does GGG need? At least 37.4° for a round design: GGG's critical angle is 30.5°, from the low end of its refractive index range, and head-on light has to reflect off both sides of the pavilion and leave through the table. The DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows's pavilion mains sit at 40.8°. ### How much does a DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows weigh in GGG? At 6.5 mm across, 2.02 ct in GGG, against 1.01 ct for the same cut in diamond (+100%): GGG's specific gravity is 7.05, diamond's 3.52. ### Can I see the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in GGG in 3D? Yes: the 3D Gemstone Simulator renders it live, with GGG's own refractive index and dispersion. 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