--- title: "Princess Cut Pyrope: Pros, Cons and Scores" description: "Princess Cut in pyrope: brilliance 67, fire 63, leakage 28%, 0 pros and 4 cons against the T73, from our ray-traced light census." url: https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/princess image: https://digitalgemology.com/img/stone-cuts/princess-pyrope-og.jpg?v=e4eeaf56 --- > Markdown copy of https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/princess. 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 # Princess Cut Pyrope: what our light census measures **Buy (instant download, personal-use license):** [Princess Cut 3D files, €9.99 · Personal use](https://digitalgemology.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/edd2f8c9-a099-4fc2-9104-a65a6561f764) · [Princess Cut cutting files, €6.99 · Personal use](https://digitalgemology.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/3fad41cf-2af3-441c-9603-4cbed8aadd95) · [Buy the bundle](https://digitalgemology.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/e5c79ed5-97ce-4c62-8dbe-3a172c6245ba?checkout%5Bdiscount_code%5D=BUNDLE25) · [Buy the bundle](https://digitalgemology.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/9170b0c0-5357-490e-b6ef-3ce4f7fcd282?checkout%5Bdiscount_code%5D=BUNDLE25) · [Get the cube free](https://digitalgemology.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/2d1ab55f-2bd6-4897-a4cd-f3320f54e99e) Brilliance 67 · Fire 63 · Scintillation 78 · in our census, where the T73 scores 94 · 50 · 80 in pyrope How the Princess Cut handles light in pyrope, measured: brilliance 67, fire 63 and 28% leakage, set against the T73 in the same stone and against the same cut in diamond. [Get the files](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/princess#buy) [Open it in the Simulator](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=princess&stone=pyrope&ct=1.00&view=angle&lighting=studio&turn=0) [All cuts in pyrope](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope) Light Return map of the Princess Cut in pyrope, face-up, from our own tracer at refractive index 1.73. Red, green and blue return light to the eye; gray leaks. ## Princess Cut 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 Princess Cut in pyrope live. The Princess Cut has 85 facets and a total depth of 68.5% of its width; its pavilion mains sit at 41.9°. In pyrope, the census returns 67 of 100 for brilliance and 63 for fire, against 94 and 50 for the T73, our benchmark, in the same stone; the same Princess Cut in diamond reads 57 and 83. ## Is pyrope good in a Princess? Pros and cons, measured ### Pros No figure ahead by our thresholds ### Cons - [Returns less light than the T73 in pyrope](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/princess#con-brilliance) 67 vs 94 - [Leaks more light than the T73 in pyrope](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/princess#con-leak) 28 vs 5 - [Less fire in pyrope than in diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/princess#con-fire) 63 vs 83 - [Loses more light when tilted than in diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/princess#con-tiltStab) 76 vs 89 Compared with the T73 Round Brilliant in pyrope and with the Princess 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](https://digitalgemology.com/about/how-we-measure). ## All eight scores against the T73 At a glance: the Princess Cut 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 3, level on 1, behind on 4. - Global 73, the comparison 81, difference −8 - Brilliance 67, the comparison 94, difference −27 - Fire 63, the comparison 50, difference +13 - Scintillation 78, the comparison 80, difference −2 - Spread 95, the comparison 100, difference −5 - Symmetry 100, the comparison 100, difference 0 - Shape-norm 105, the comparison 102, difference +3 - Tilt 76, the comparison 75, difference +1 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=princess&stone=pyrope); these are the same census figures as our [Cut Performance Index](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/cut-performance-index). ## What the Princess Cut gains in pyrope Against the T73 in pyrope and the same cut in diamond, no figure of the Princess Cut is ahead by the thresholds above. Its figures are in the wheel and the FAQ; [Pyrope](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope) ranks every cut we score in pyrope. ## What the Princess Cut gives up in pyrope ### Returns less light than the T73 in pyrope **Brilliance 67** against 94 for the T73 Round Brilliant in pyrope: 27 points lower 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 Princess Cut returns 67 of 100 and the T73 94. The Princess Cut's pavilion mains sit at 41.9°, the T73's at 40.8°. The maps below show where each stone's light returns from and where it leaks. Princess Cut in pyrope · Brilliance 67 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. **What helps:** [the DG-M5](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/dg-m5) reads 100 for brilliance in pyrope, the best of the cuts we score there. [Try it yourself: Open this Light Return map in the simulator](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=princess&stone=pyrope&ct=1.00&view=up&map=1&turn=0) ### Leaks more light than the T73 in pyrope **Leakage 28** against 5 for the T73 Round Brilliant in pyrope: 23 points higher Leakage is the share of the census rays that enter the stone and leave through the pavilion, or through the crown heading down. The Princess Cut leaks 28% 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. Princess Cut in pyrope · Leakage 28 0° · 28% leak 10° · 30% leak 20° · 40% leak 30° · 42% 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. **What helps:** [the DG-M5](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/dg-m5) reads 0% for leakage in pyrope, the best of the cuts we score there. [Try it yourself: Tilt it yourself in the simulator's light map](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=princess&stone=pyrope&ct=1.00&view=up&map=1&turn=0) ### Less fire in pyrope than in diamond **Fire 63** against 83 for the Princess Cut in diamond: 20 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 Princess Cut reads 63 against 83 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](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=princess&stone=pyrope&ct=1.00&view=up&lighting=sun&turn=0): the Princess Cut in pyrope under the sunny-day lighting. **What helps:** [the DG-Elongated Hexagon](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/dg-elongated-hexagon) reads 85 for fire in pyrope, the best of the cuts we score there. [Try it yourself: See the fire in the 3D Gemstone Simulator](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=princess&stone=pyrope&ct=1.00&view=up&lighting=sun&turn=0) ### Loses more light when tilted than in diamond **Tilt 76** against 89 for the Princess Cut in diamond: 13 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 Princess Cut keeps 76 against 89 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. Princess Cut in pyrope · Tilt 76 0° · 28% leak 10° · 30% leak 20° · 40% leak 30° · 42% leak Princess Cut in diamond · Tilt 89 0° · 25% leak 10° · 24% leak 20° · 25% leak 30° · 30% 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](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/pyrope/dg-miliano) reads 83 for tilt in pyrope, 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=princess&stone=pyrope&vs=princess&vsstone=diamond) ## Our verdict on the Princess Cut in pyrope Against the T73 in pyrope and the same cut in diamond, no figure of the Princess Cut is ahead by our thresholds. The catch: it returns less light than the T73, leaks more light than the T73, shows less fire 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/pyrope/dg-m5) reads 100 for brilliance 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 Princess Cut model we traced. ## Princess Cut Pyrope: questions ### Is the Princess a good cut for pyrope? In our census the Princess Cut returns 67 of 100 for brilliance and 63 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 0 pros and 4 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 Princess Cut's pavilion mains sit at 41.9°. ### How much does a Princess weigh in pyrope? At 6.5 mm across, 1.58 ct in pyrope, against 1.48 ct for the same cut in diamond (+7%): pyrope's specific gravity is 3.76, diamond's 3.52. ### Can I see the Princess in pyrope in 3D? Yes: the 3D Gemstone Simulator renders it live, with pyrope's own refractive index and dispersion. 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