--- title: "DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows Moissanite: Pros & Cons" description: "DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in moissanite: Fire 97 against 78 in diamond, Brilliance 88 against 86 for the T73. Measured pros and cons." url: https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows image: https://digitalgemology.com/img/stone-cuts/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows-moissanite-og.jpg?v=752f3b31 --- > Markdown copy of https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/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 Moissanite: fire far above the diamond version, with a touch more light than the T73 **Buy (instant download, personal-use licence):** [DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows Cut 3D files, €9.99 · Personal use](https://digitalgemology.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/a4014025-fa9c-45e3-91bb-8a860c311743) · [DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows Cut cutting files, €9.99 · Personal use](https://digitalgemology.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/786cabd2-7d13-4ba2-9bac-d9afdc9002b5) Brilliance 88 · Fire 97 · Scintillation 83 · in our census, where the T73 scores 86 · 97 · 80 in moissanite A T73 with eight hairline facets polished onto its pavilion. The split hearts they draw belong to diamond; in moissanite this round measures close to a plain T73, with fire well above its diamond twin's. [See it in the simulator](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows&stone=moissanite&ct=1.00&view=up&lighting=sun&turn=0) [Get the files](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#buy) Rendered in our 3D Gemstone Simulator from the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows model, 1.00 ct, studio light. ## DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows Moissanite The T73's proportions stay as they are: table 53.0%, crown 34.5°, pavilion mains 40.75°. Each ridge where two lower girdle halves meet between the mains gets one narrow extra facet, which brings the count to 81. On a stone 6.5 mm across those additions are about a tenth of a millimetre wide. The cut was drawn for diamond. In our simulated Hearts and Arrows viewer a diamond shows its eight hearts each split down the middle by a thin line, while in moissanite no hearts form for the line to split. What this page can measure is light. Set against the T73 in moissanite, the numbers barely move: Brilliance 88 against 86, Fire 97 against 97, Tilt 92 against 94, and 7% leakage against 7%. Set against the same model in diamond, it gains fire and gives up light. ## Is moissanite a sensible stone for DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows? Pros and cons ### Pros - [Fire far above the diamond version](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#pro-fire) 97 vs 78 - [Lighter than the diamond version](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#pro-weight) 0.92 vs 1.01 ct ### Cons - [Less light than the diamond version](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#con-brilliance) 88 vs 94 - [More light lost than in diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#con-leak) 7 vs 2 Compared with the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite 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 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 4, level on 3, behind on 1. - Global 92, the comparison 91, difference +1 - Brilliance 88, the comparison 86, difference +2 - Fire 97, the comparison 97, difference 0 - Scintillation 83, the comparison 80, difference +3 - Spread 100, the comparison 100, difference 0 - Symmetry 100, the comparison 100, difference 0 - Shape-norm 94, the comparison 93, difference +1 - Tilt 92, the comparison 94, 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=moissanite) ## What moissanite gets from this cut ### Fire far above the diamond version **Fire 97** against 78 for the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond: 19 points higher The model and the lighting stay fixed between the two renders and the material alone changes, taking fire from 78 to 97. The moissanite render carries a few broad bands of blue, yellow and red around the table, where the diamond one shows small scattered sparks. DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in moissanite · Fire 97 DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond · Fire 78 Look at the coloured flashes: those are fire. Same light, same size, same face-up angle; rendered by our 3D Gemstone Simulator from each cut's own model. [Try it yourself: See the fire in the 3D Gemstone Simulator](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows&stone=moissanite&ct=1.00&view=up&lighting=sun&turn=0) ### Lighter than the diamond version **0.92 ct** at 6.5 mm, against 1.01 ct for the same cut in diamond (−9%) The facet plan has no say in this figure; density does. At a specific gravity of 3.22 against diamond's 3.52, the moissanite stone is the lighter at every size. *Weight of a 6.5 mm DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows: 0.92 ct in moissanite, 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 all seven gemstones on the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows page](https://digitalgemology.com/cuts/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows#stones) ## Where the diamond version does better ### Less light than the diamond version **Brilliance 88** against 94 for the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond: 6 points lower These are the T73's angles, worked out for diamond. Moissanite bends light more strongly, and through them some of it leaves away from the eye. In the head-on maps the moissanite stone shows grey patches in a ring part-way out from the table and a few at the edge; the diamond's grey is mostly small notches at the girdle, with a few specks further in. DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in moissanite · Brilliance 88 DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond · Brilliance 94 Red, green and blue = light returning to the eye; grey = light leaving through the pavilion. 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. **What helps:** Steepening is not what our numbers suggest: the mains, at 40.75°, already clear the 39.5° minimum we use as a guide for moissanite rounds. For more light, choose a cut drawn for this stone: [DG-Anteros Moissanite](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-anteros) returns 92 and [DG-M5 Moissanite](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-m5) 98. [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=moissanite&ct=1.00&view=up&map=1&turn=0) ### More light lost than in diamond **Leakage 7** against 2 for the DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond: 5 points higher In our census 7% of the light leaves through the back in moissanite and 2% in diamond. Both strips hold least grey at 10° and most at 30°. The gap between them is widest at 0° and all but closes from 20° on. DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in moissanite · Leakage 7 0° · 9% leak 10° · 5% leak 20° · 10% leak 30° · 15% leak DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in diamond · Leakage 2 0° · 3% leak 10° · 2% leak 20° · 9% leak 30° · 14% leak Each frame is the Light Return map with the stone tilted away from you by the angle shown; grey is light leaving through the pavilion. The share under each frame is that picture's own. **What helps:** A larger or smaller stone loses the same share. Of our rounds in moissanite, DG-Anteros leaks 3%, DG-M5 1% and the [T105 Round Brilliant Moissanite](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/t105-round-brilliant) 6%. [Try it yourself: Tilt it yourself in the simulator's light map](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows&stone=moissanite&ct=1.00&view=up&map=1&turn=0) ## Who should cut it in moissanite In moissanite this is close to a T73, with a slightly higher light score and eight more facets to cut: choose it if you want the same plan in moissanite as in a diamond of this design. The broken hearts need diamond, so for that pattern see [DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows Diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/diamond/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows). For a round drawn for this stone, [DG-Anteros Moissanite](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-anteros) re-solves the T73's angles, and the site's cut copy describes it forming eight clean hearts in moissanite. [DG-M5 Moissanite](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-m5) returns the most light we measure here. ## DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows Moissanite: questions ### Does a broken hearts and arrows pattern show in moissanite? No. In our simulated viewer the hearts form only in diamond, so a moissanite stone in this cut has none for the crack facets to split. ### Is DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows better than a T73 in moissanite? On light, by a small margin: 88 against 86. Fire is level at 97, and tilt is 92 against 94. Scintillation, which counts facets and not their size, reads 83 against 80, a gap too small for us to list as a pro. ### How are the crack facets cut? Last, on a finished T73 pavilion, one on each of the eight ridges between pairs of lower girdle halves, on a 96 index gear. Against the plain T73 in moissanite they move light, fire and tilt by about two points or less. ### What does a 6.5 mm DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows moissanite weigh? 0.92 ct. 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[Email us](mailto:support@digitalgemology.com). ## More gemstones and cuts [Moissanite: optical properties and the top ten cuts](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite) · [The DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows: specifications, model and files](https://digitalgemology.com/cuts/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows) ### Other cuts in moissanite - [Old Single Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/old-single) - [Mazarin Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/mazarin) - [Peruzzi Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/peruzzi) - [Old Mine Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/old-mine) - [Old European Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/old-european) - [DG-Anteros](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-anteros) - [DG-M5](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-m5) - [DG-Vitruvio](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-vitruvio) - [DG-Miliano](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-miliano) - [T105 Round Brilliant](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/t105-round-brilliant) - [DG-Rafaello](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-rafaello) - [T73 Round Brilliant](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/t73-round-brilliant) - [T57 Round Brilliant](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/t57-round-brilliant) - [Portuguese Bird's Nest Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/portuguese-birds-nest) - [Cushion Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/cushion) - [Square Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/square) - [Trilliant Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/trilliant) - [Marquise Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/marquise) - [Trillion Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/trillion) - [Radiant Square Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/radiant-square) - [Asscher Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/asscher) - [Octagon Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/octagon) - [DG-Octagonal Kite](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-octagonal-kite) - [Baguette Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/baguette) - [Emerald Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/emerald-cut) - [Oval Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/oval) - [Pear Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/pear) - [Radiant Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/radiant) - [Rectangle Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/rectangle) - [Teardrop Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/teardrop) - [Emerald Square Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/emerald-square) - [Princess Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/princess) - [Triangle Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/triangle) - [Hexagon Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/hexagon) - [DG-Bowtie](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-bowtie) - [DG-Elongated Hexagon](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/moissanite/dg-elongated-hexagon) ### The DG-Broken Hearts and Arrows in other gemstones - [Diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/diamond/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows) - [Cubic Zirconia](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/cubic-zirconia/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows) - [Ruby](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/ruby/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows) - [Sapphire](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/sapphire/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows) - [Emerald](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/emerald/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows) - [Amethyst](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/amethyst/dg-broken-hearts-and-arrows)