DG-M5 Pyrope: returns more light than the T73 in pyrope
Brilliance 100 · Fire 55 · Scintillation 85 · in our census, where the T73 scores 94 · 50 · 80 in pyrope
How the DG-M5 handles light in pyrope, measured: brilliance 100, fire 55 and 0% leakage, set against the T73 in the same stone and against the same cut in diamond.
Light Return map of the DG-M5 in pyrope, face-up, from our own tracer at refractive index 1.73. Red, green and blue return light to the eye; gray leaks.
DG-M5 Pyrope
Pyrope has a refractive index of 1.730 to 1.766 and a dispersion of 0.022. Its critical angle, from the low end of that range, is 35.3°, so a round design needs a pavilion of at least 36.2° for head-on light to reflect off both sides of the pavilion and leave through the table. We trace it with one index, 1.748, the midpoint of the published range, and a fire spread of 0.019, 0.86 of the published dispersion. Every picture here is our Light Return tracer at 1.730, and every figure is from the same light census that scores the other gemstones; the 3D Gemstone Simulator shows the DG-M5 in pyrope live.
The DG-M5 has 85 facets and a total depth of 60.6% of its width; its pavilion mains sit at 41.5°. In pyrope, the census returns 100 of 100 for brilliance and 55 for fire, against 94 and 50 for the T73, our benchmark, in the same stone; the same DG-M5 in diamond reads 97 and 67.
Is pyrope good in a DG-M5? Pros and cons, measured
Compared with the T73 Round Brilliant in pyrope and with the DG-M5 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 DG-M5 in pyrope (white) against the T73 Round Brilliant in pyrope (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 pyrope: ahead on 5, level on 3.
Global85, the comparison 81, difference +4
Brilliance100, the comparison 94, difference +6
Fire55, the comparison 50, difference +5
Scintillation85, the comparison 80, difference +5
Spread100, the comparison 100, difference 0
Symmetry100, the comparison 100, difference 0
Shape-norm107, the comparison 102, difference +5
Tilt75, the comparison 75, difference 0
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; these are the same census figures as our Cut Performance Index.
What the DG-M5 gains in pyrope
Returns more light than the T73 in pyrope
Brilliance 100 against 94 for the T73 Round Brilliant in pyrope: 6 points higher
Brilliance is the share of the 3,200 census rays that enter the stone and come back out of the crown towards the viewer. In pyrope, whose critical angle is 35.3°, the DG-M5 returns 100 of 100 and the T73 94. The DG-M5's pavilion mains sit at 41.5°, the T73's at 40.8°. The maps below show where each stone's light returns from and where it leaks.
DG-M5 in pyrope · Brilliance 100
T73 Round Brilliant in pyrope · Brilliance 94
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.
Scintillation 85 against 80 for the T73 Round Brilliant in pyrope: 5 points higher
Scintillation follows the number of facets the stone shows: 100 × (1 − e^(−facets / 45)). The DG-M5 has 85 facets and the T73 73, so 85 against 80. It depends on the geometry alone, so it is the same in every stone.
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.
Leakage 0 against 5 for the T73 Round Brilliant in pyrope: 5 points lower
Leakage is the share of the census rays that enter the stone and leave through the pavilion, or through the crown heading down. The DG-M5 leaks 0% in pyrope against 5% for the T73 in pyrope. Grey in the maps below is leaking light; the share under each picture is that picture's own.
DG-M5 in pyrope · Leakage 0
0° · 0% leak
10° · 0% leak
20° · 24% leak
30° · 31% leak
T73 Round Brilliant in pyrope · Leakage 5
0° · 0% leak
10° · 14% leak
20° · 28% leak
30° · 31% leak
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.
Fire 55 against 67 for the DG-M5 in diamond: 12 points lower
Fire is the share of the returned light that splits into color at the exit facet: the census traces each exit again at the refractive index minus and plus the fire spread (0.019 in pyrope) and counts a ray as fire when the two directions differ by more than 0.6°. The DG-M5 reads 55 against 67 for the same cut in diamond. The figure is the census's; the 3D Gemstone Simulator renders pyrope's fire live.
The fire figure is the census's, traced at the refractive index minus and plus the fire spread. See the fire in the 3D Gemstone Simulator: the DG-M5 in pyrope under the sunny-day lighting.
What helps:the DG-Elongated Hexagon reads 85 for fire in pyrope, the best of the cuts we score there.
Tilt 75 against 83 for the DG-M5 in diamond: 8 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-M5 keeps 75 against 83 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-M5 in pyrope · Tilt 75
0° · 0% leak
10° · 0% leak
20° · 24% leak
30° · 31% leak
DG-M5 in diamond · Tilt 83
0° · 0% leak
10° · 4% leak
20° · 14% leak
30° · 26% 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-Miliano reads 83 for tilt in pyrope, the best of the cuts we score there.
1.05 ct at 6.5 mm, against 0.98 ct for the same cut in diamond (+7%)
Weight follows specific gravity: 3.76 for pyrope against 3.52 for diamond, so the same model at the same size weighs 1.05 ct here and 0.98 ct in diamond, 6.5 mm across. Nothing about the light changes with it.
A DG-M5 6.5 mm across, weighed from the model's measured volume and each stone's specific gravity.
Pick the DG-M5 in pyrope for this: it returns more light than the T73, has more facets to sparkle with and leaks less light than the T73. The catch: it shows less fire than in diamond, loses more light when tilted than in diamond and weighs more than in diamond.
If that catch matters more to you, the DG-Elongated Hexagon reads 85 for fire in pyrope, 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-M5 model we traced.
DG-M5 Pyrope: questions
Is the DG-M5 a good cut for pyrope?
In our census the DG-M5 returns 100 of 100 for brilliance and 55 for fire in pyrope, against 94 and 50 for the T73 in the same stone. Against that round and against the same cut in diamond it has 3 pros and 3 cons by our thresholds; the summary above names them.
What pavilion angle does pyrope need?
At least 36.2° for a round design: pyrope's critical angle is 35.3°, 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-M5's pavilion mains sit at 41.5°.
How much does a DG-M5 weigh in pyrope?
At 6.5 mm across, 1.05 ct in pyrope, against 0.98 ct for the same cut in diamond (+7%): pyrope's specific gravity is 3.76, diamond's 3.52.
Can I see the DG-M5 in pyrope in 3D?
Yes: the 3D Gemstone Simulator renders it live, with pyrope's own refractive index and dispersion. Pyrope is traced by the same light census as the other gemstones, with its refractive index and fire spread derived from published values, so its scores are on the same scale; the pictures here are our Light Return tracer, and the Cut Performance Wheel sets it against any other cut and stone.
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