Brilliance 32 · Fire 75 · Scintillation 43 · in our census, where the T73 scores 86 · 97 · 80 in moissanite
A slim step cut with only 21 facets: in moissanite it weighs less than a diamond baguette and shows a little more face for its weight than a round, while returning far less light.
Ours stretches 1.974 widths long and carries just 21 step facets over a 32.37° pavilion, 66.8% deep. Jewelers set baguettes beside a bigger centre stone, or end to end along a channel-set band.
Its two pros are about size and weight; its four cons are about light and pattern. On symmetry it is the lowest cut we measure, and on leakage only DG-Elongated Hexagon loses more in moissanite.
Even fire, where moissanite usually shines, is low here: 75, the lowest of any cut we measure in moissanite, though still above the diamond baguette's 62.
Compared with the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite and with the Baguette Cut 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.
At a glance: the Baguette Cut in moissanite (white) against the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite (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 moissanite: ahead on 1, behind on 7.
3.33 ct at 6.5 mm, against 3.64 ct for the same cut in diamond (−9%)
A baguette 6.5 mm wide is a long stone, and a heavy one for its width. Moissanite's specific gravity of 3.22, against diamond's 3.52, trims the carat figure for the same millimetres.
Try it yourself: Weights in all seven gemstones on the Baguette Cut page
Face-up size 108 against 100 for the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite (T73 = 100): 8% more face-up area for the same weight
Face-up size compares a model's outline area with its weight, with the T73 at 100. Weight for weight, the baguette's outline covers 108 to the round's 100: a modest gain for a stone 66.8% deep.
Baguette Cut · 8.61 x 4.36 mm at 1.00 ct · Face-up size 108
T73 Round Brilliant · 6.68 mm at 1.00 ct · Face-up size 100
Try it yourself: See its size at 1.00 ct in moissanite in the 3D Gemstone Simulator
Symmetry 39 against 100 for the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite: 61 points lower
Symmetry scores how evenly a design's pavilion facets repeat. The baguette's 39 is the lowest of all the cuts we measure, while the Rectangle, a step cut with square corners, scores 100.
Baguette Cut · 21 facets · Symmetry 39
T73 Round Brilliant · 73 facets · Symmetry 100
What helps: For a step-cut rectangle with a fully regular pavilion, the Rectangle scores 100.
Try it yourself: Compare the Symmetry spoke in the Cut Performance Wheel
Brilliance 32 against 86 for the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite: 54 points lower
Brilliance 32: only DG-Bowtie and DG-Elongated Hexagon return less in moissanite. Its 32.37° pavilion sits well under the 39.5° guide minimum, but that guide is drawn for round designs, and we have not measured a steeper baguette.
Baguette Cut in moissanite · Brilliance 32
T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite · Brilliance 86
What helps: No long step cut we measure gets near a round: the Emerald Cut returns 51. For the most light in moissanite, DG-M5 Moissanite at 98.
Try it yourself: Open this Light Return map in the simulator
Scintillation 43 against 80 for the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite: 37 points lower
Our scintillation score is read from the facet pattern, so a baguette earns the same figure in any gemstone. With 21 facets it gives little of it; among the cuts we measure, only the Triangle scores lower.
Baguette Cut · 21 facets · Scintillation 43
T73 Round Brilliant · 73 facets · Scintillation 80
What helps: 21 facets cannot flash like 73, whatever the angles. The Emerald Cut keeps a long stepped look with 72 for scintillation.
Try it yourself: Compare the Scintillation spoke in the Cut Performance Wheel
Leakage 42 against 7 for the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite: 35 points higher
42% of the light in our census leaves through the back, many times the T73's 7%. The diamond baguette loses 38%, so moissanite does not rescue it.
Baguette Cut in moissanite · Leakage 42
T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite · Leakage 7
What helps: Leak share holds at any size. The Rectangle leaks 29%, DG-Anteros Moissanite 3%.
Try it yourself: Tilt it yourself in the simulator's light map
The baguette suits side stones and channel-set bands, where straight lines and a small size matter more than the light a stone returns. There moissanite gives it less weight than diamond and a little more face for its carats.
As a centre stone it is a weak pairing, with little light and few flashes. For a long step-cut outline with more of both, the Emerald Cut; for a bright centre stone, a round such as DG-Anteros Moissanite.
Moissanite is doubly refractive, and a baguette's long steps are where doubled facet edges would show. We trace one refractive index, so we cannot say how much.
Not much. Scintillation is 43 against 80 for the T73 Round Brilliant, and Brilliance 32 against 86: it is a cut of clean lines rather than glitter.
3.33 ct in moissanite and 3.64 ct in diamond. Our model is 1.974 times as long as it is wide, so that is a long stone.
The emerald cut returns more light (51 against 32), shows more fire (95 against 75) and leaks less (27% against 42%).
This one does: 42% in our census, where the T73 Round Brilliant loses 7% and a diamond baguette 38%.
The Baguette Cut as exact geometry: 21 planar facets, real-world scale, ready for CAD, rendering, printing and casting.
The Baguette Cut as a faceting design: 17 + 4 girdles = 21 facets, 96 index, 2-fold mirror-image symmetry, ready for the machine.
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