Pear Cut Moissanite: faces up larger than a round of the same weight
Brilliance 49 · Fire 95 · Scintillation 76 · in our census, where the T73 scores 86 · 97 · 80 in moissanite
Half oval, half marquise: the pear in moissanite gives a lot of face for its weight and more fire than the diamond pear, with a little over half a round's light.
Rendered in our 3D Gemstone Simulator from the Pear Cut model, 1.00 ct, studio light.
Pear Cut Moissanite
One end rounded, the other drawn to a point: that is the pear. In our model it runs 1.502 times as long as it is wide on 64 facets, over a 34.93° pavilion, 60.0% deep. Pendants, drop earrings and rings worn with the point towards the fingertip are where it usually goes.
Its pros are face-up size against the T73, and fire and weight against diamond. Its cons are all against the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite: light, symmetry, leakage, and the light it keeps when tipped.
Of the elongated brilliants we measure in moissanite it sits second for light, behind the marquise: 49 against 59, with the teardrop at 39 and the oval at 38.
Is a pear cut a good choice for moissanite? Pros and cons
Compared with the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite and with the Pear 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.
All eight scores against the T73
At a glance: the Pear 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.
Global73, the comparison 91, difference −18
Brilliance49, the comparison 86, difference −37
Fire95, the comparison 97, difference −2
Scintillation76, the comparison 80, difference −4
Spread101, the comparison 100, difference +1
Symmetry85, the comparison 100, difference −15
Shape-norm57, the comparison 93, difference −36
Tilt83, the comparison 94, difference −11
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.
Face-up size 115 against 100 for the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite (T73 = 100): 15% more face-up area for the same weight
Face-up size takes each model's outline area per carat, with the T73 set at 100. A pear and a T73 of equal weight cover 115 and 100; only four cuts we measure do better: the Marquise, the Rectangle, the Radiant and the Teardrop.
Pear Cut · 9.06 x 6.03 mm at 1.00 ct · Face-up size 115
T73 Round Brilliant · 6.68 mm at 1.00 ct · Face-up size 100
Both stones weigh 1.00 ct in moissanite and are drawn to the same scale in millimetres, from each cut's own model. Face-up size is the outline's area per carat, with the T73 at 100: a deeper stone, or a rounder outline, spreads less area for its weight.
Fire 95 against 84 for the Pear Cut in diamond: 11 points higher
Through the same pear facets, the change of material takes fire from 84 to 95.
Pear Cut in moissanite · Fire 95
Pear Cut in diamond · Fire 84
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.
1.25 ct at 6.5 mm, against 1.37 ct for the same cut in diamond (−9%)
Moissanite, at 3.22 against diamond's 3.52 in specific gravity, makes the same pear lighter, worth knowing for a drop earring, where the weight hangs from the lobe.
A Pear Cut 6.5 mm across, weighed from the model's measured volume and each stone's specific gravity.
Brilliance 49 against 86 for the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite: 37 points lower
Brilliance 49 against 86. Its 34.93° pavilion figure sits under the 39.5° guide minimum; that guide is drawn for rounds, and with no steeper pear measured we promise nothing from one.
Pear Cut in moissanite · Brilliance 49
T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite · Brilliance 86
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: Among elongated cuts, the Marquise returns 59. For the most light, a round: DG-M5 Moissanite at 98.
Symmetry 85 against 100 for the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite: 15 points lower
Symmetry here scores how evenly the pavilion facets repeat. A rounded end and a point call for facets of different shapes, and the pear scores 85, where the oval scores 98.
Pear Cut · 64 facets · Symmetry 85
T73 Round Brilliant · 73 facets · Symmetry 100
Symmetry scores how regular the pavilion facets are within the design. Compare how evenly the facets repeat around each pavilion. Drawn from each cut's own model.
What helps: The Teardrop, a softened pear, scores 98 for symmetry, though it returns less light, 39.
Leakage 22 against 7 for the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite: 15 points higher
A little over a fifth of the light in our census, 22%, leaves through the pear's pavilion, against 7% for the T73. The diamond pear loses the same share, 22%.
Pear Cut in moissanite · Leakage 22
0° · 27% leak
10° · 32% leak
20° · 34% leak
30° · 34% leak
T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite · Leakage 7
0° · 10% leak
10° · 6% leak
20° · 10% leak
30° · 15% 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 smaller pear leaks the same share. The Marquise leaks 19%, the least of our elongated cuts; DG-Anteros Moissanite 3%.
Tilt 83 against 94 for the T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite: 11 points lower
At 20° of tip the pear keeps 83 of its face-up light; the T73 keeps 94. The diamond pear keeps 80, a little less again.
Pear Cut in moissanite · Tilt 83
0° · 27% leak
10° · 32% leak
20° · 34% leak
30° · 34% leak
T73 Round Brilliant in moissanite · Tilt 94
0° · 10% leak
10° · 6% leak
20° · 10% leak
30° · 15% 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; grey is light leaving through the pavilion. The share under each frame is that picture's own.
What helps: Every elongated cut we measure is too dim to recommend for tilt, so the fix is a round: the Portuguese Bird's Nest keeps 100 at 20° and returns 82.
The pear suits pendants, drop earrings and rings where the outline and a generous face for the weight matter more than brilliance. In moissanite it adds fire the diamond pear lacks.
If light matters more, the Marquise is the brightest elongated cut we measure in moissanite, and a round such as DG-Anteros Moissanite returns far more. The point needs protecting in a setting, usually with a V-prong.
A pear can show a dark bow-tie across its widest part, as other elongated brilliants do; we have no metric for it.
Pear Cut Moissanite: questions
Is pear cut moissanite a good choice?
For size and fire, yes: face-up size 115 per carat against 100 for a round, and Fire 95, a high share of its returned light split into colour. On light the round wins, 86 to the pear's 49.
Pear or teardrop cut moissanite?
The pear returns more light (49 against 39) and leaks less (22% against 29%); the teardrop has a more regular pavilion (98 against 85) and a touch more fire (96 against 95).
What does a 6.5 mm wide pear moissanite weigh?
About 1.25 ct, for a stone 1.502 times as long as it is wide; in diamond, 1.37 ct.
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