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title: "DG-M5 Strontium titanate: Pros, Cons and Scores"
description: "DG-M5 in strontium titanate: brilliance 97, fire 100, leakage 3%, 3 pros and 2 cons against the T73, from our ray-traced light census."
url: https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/dg-m5
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# DG-M5 Strontium titanate: more fire in strontium titanate than in diamond

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Brilliance 97 · Fire 100 · Scintillation 85 · in our census, where the T73 scores 93 · 98 · 80 in strontium titanate

How the DG-M5 handles light in strontium titanate, measured: brilliance 97, fire 100 and 3% leakage, set against the T73 in the same stone and against the same cut in diamond.

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Light Return map of the DG-M5 in strontium titanate, face-up, from our own tracer at refractive index 2.409. Red, green and blue return light to the eye; gray leaks.

## DG-M5 Strontium titanate

Strontium titanate has a refractive index of 2.409 and a dispersion of 0.190. Its critical angle, from the low end of that range, is 24.5°, so a round design needs a pavilion of at least 38.9° for head-on light to reflect off both sides of the pavilion and leave through the table. We trace it with one index, 2.409, the midpoint of the published range, and a fire spread of 0.163, 0.86 of the published dispersion. Every picture here is our Light Return tracer at 2.409, and every figure is from the same light census that scores the other gemstones; the 3D Gemstone Simulator shows the DG-M5 in strontium titanate live. Strontium titanate has nearly diamond's refractive index (2.409 against 2.417) with about four times its dispersion (0.190 against 0.044): light takes much the same paths as in diamond, and far more of it splits into color.

The DG-M5 has 85 facets and a total depth of 60.6% of its width; its pavilion mains sit at 41.5°. In strontium titanate, the census returns 97 of 100 for brilliance and 100 for fire, against 93 and 98 for the T73, our benchmark, in the same stone; the same DG-M5 in diamond reads 97 and 67.

## Is strontium titanate good in a DG-M5? Pros and cons, measured

### Pros

- [More fire in strontium titanate than in diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/dg-m5#pro-fire) 100 vs 67
- [More facets, more sparkle](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/dg-m5#pro-scint) 85 vs 80
- [Returns more light than the T73 in strontium titanate](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/dg-m5#pro-brilliance) 97 vs 93

### Cons

- [Heavier than the same cut in diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/dg-m5#con-weight) 1.43 vs 0.98 ct
- [Loses more of its light when tilted](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/dg-m5#con-tiltStab) 83 vs 92

Compared with the T73 Round Brilliant in strontium titanate 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](https://digitalgemology.com/about/how-we-measure).

## All eight scores against the T73

At a glance: the DG-M5 in strontium titanate (white) against the T73 Round Brilliant in strontium titanate (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 strontium titanate: ahead on 4, level on 3, behind on 1.

- Global 94, the comparison 94, difference 0
- Brilliance 97, the comparison 93, difference +4
- Fire 100, the comparison 98, difference +2
- Scintillation 85, the comparison 80, difference +5
- Spread 100, the comparison 100, difference 0
- Symmetry 100, the comparison 100, difference 0
- Shape-norm 104, the comparison 100, difference +4
- Tilt 83, the comparison 92, difference −9

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-m5&stone=strontium-titanate); these are the same census figures as our [Cut Performance Index](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/cut-performance-index).

## What the DG-M5 gains in strontium titanate

### More fire in strontium titanate than in diamond

**Fire 100** against 67 for the DG-M5 in diamond: 33 points higher

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 (0.163 in strontium titanate) and counts a ray as fire when the two directions differ by more than 0.6°. The DG-M5 reads 100 against 67 for the same cut in diamond. The figure is the census's; the 3D Gemstone Simulator renders strontium titanate'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=dg-m5&stone=strontium-titanate&ct=1.00&view=up&lighting=sun&turn=0): the DG-M5 in strontium titanate under the sunny-day lighting.

[Try it yourself: See the fire in the 3D Gemstone Simulator](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=dg-m5&stone=strontium-titanate&ct=1.00&view=up&lighting=sun&turn=0)

### More facets, more sparkle

**Scintillation 85** against 80 for the T73 Round Brilliant in strontium titanate: 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.

*Facet diagram of the DG-M5: its crown, seen face-up, 85 facets in all*

DG-M5 · 85 facets · Scintillation 85

*Facet diagram of the T73 Round Brilliant: its crown, seen face-up, 73 facets in all*

T73 Round Brilliant · 73 facets · Scintillation 80

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.

[Try it yourself: Compare the Scintillation spoke in the Cut Performance Wheel](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/cut-performance-wheel?cut=dg-m5&stone=strontium-titanate)

### Returns more light than the T73 in strontium titanate

**Brilliance 97** against 93 for the T73 Round Brilliant in strontium titanate: 4 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 strontium titanate, whose critical angle is 24.5°, the DG-M5 returns 97 of 100 and the T73 93. 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 strontium titanate · Brilliance 97

T73 Round Brilliant in strontium titanate · Brilliance 93

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.

[Try it yourself: Open this Light Return map in the simulator](https://digitalgemology.com/tools/3d_gemstone_simulator?cut=dg-m5&stone=strontium-titanate&ct=1.00&view=up&map=1&turn=0)

## What the DG-M5 gives up in strontium titanate

### Heavier than the same cut in diamond

**1.43 ct** at 6.5 mm, against 0.98 ct for the same cut in diamond (+46%)

Weight follows specific gravity: 5.13 for strontium titanate against 3.52 for diamond, so the same model at the same size weighs 1.43 ct here and 0.98 ct in diamond, 6.5 mm across. Nothing about the light changes with it.

*Weight of a 6.5 mm DG-M5: 1.43 ct in strontium titanate, 0.98 ct in diamond*

A DG-M5 6.5 mm across, weighed from the model's measured volume and each stone's specific gravity.

[Try it yourself: Weights in every gemstone on the DG-M5 page](https://digitalgemology.com/cuts/dg-m5#stones)

### Loses more of its light when tilted

**Tilt 83** against 92 for the T73 Round Brilliant in strontium titanate: 9 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 83 against 92 for the T73. 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 strontium titanate · Tilt 83

0° · 0% leak

10° · 5% leak

20° · 14% leak

30° · 26% leak

T73 Round Brilliant in strontium titanate · Tilt 92

0° · 4% leak

10° · 2% leak

20° · 9% leak

30° · 13% 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 Portuguese Bird's Nest Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/portuguese-birds-nest) reads 100 for tilt in strontium titanate, 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=dg-m5&stone=strontium-titanate)

## Our verdict on the DG-M5 in strontium titanate

Pick the DG-M5 in strontium titanate for this: it shows more fire than in diamond, has more facets to sparkle with and returns more light than the T73. The catch: it weighs more than in diamond and loses more of its light when tilted.

If that catch matters more to you, [the Portuguese Bird's Nest Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/portuguese-birds-nest) reads 100 for tilt in strontium titanate, 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 Strontium titanate: questions

### Is the DG-M5 a good cut for strontium titanate?

In our census the DG-M5 returns 97 of 100 for brilliance and 100 for fire in strontium titanate, against 93 and 98 for the T73 in the same stone. Against that round and against the same cut in diamond it has 3 pros and 2 cons by our thresholds; the summary above names them.

### What pavilion angle does strontium titanate need?

At least 38.9° for a round design: strontium titanate's critical angle is 24.5°, 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 strontium titanate?

At 6.5 mm across, 1.43 ct in strontium titanate, against 0.98 ct for the same cut in diamond (+46%): strontium titanate's specific gravity is 5.13, diamond's 3.52.

### Can I see the DG-M5 in strontium titanate in 3D?

Yes: the 3D Gemstone Simulator renders it live, with strontium titanate's own refractive index and dispersion. Strontium titanate 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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[Strontium titanate: optical properties and the top ten cuts](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate) · [The DG-M5: specifications, model and files](https://digitalgemology.com/cuts/dg-m5)

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- [T73 Round Brilliant](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/t73-round-brilliant)
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- [Portuguese Bird's Nest Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/portuguese-birds-nest)
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- [DG-Octagonal Kite](https://digitalgemology.com/gemstones/strontium-titanate/dg-octagonal-kite)

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