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title: "Belly: meaning in gemology"
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[Glossary](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary) · Anatomy and proportions

# Belly

Also called wings

The belly is the wide middle of an elongated stone such as an oval, pear or marquise.

## In more detail

A bow-tie shows as a dark band across the belly. The belly facets start close to the center, so they must slope more steeply than the facets toward the ends. Their angles decide whether a band of leakage forms.

## Related terms

- [Bow-tie](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/bow-tie): A bow-tie is a dark band across the belly of an oval, pear, marquise or other elongated stone. It is not an inclusion or a color: the facets there send little light back to the viewer.
- [Head](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/head): The head, or end, is each end of an elongated stone such as an oval, pear or marquise. On a marquise the ends are points.
- [Shoulder](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/shoulder): The shoulder of an elongated stone is where the outline curves away from the end.
- [Keel](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/keel): The keel is the short line at the bottom of the pavilion of an elongated stone, such as a marquise. A round has a point there.

## Learn more

- [The bow-tie effect in diamonds: what it is](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/bow-tie/bow-tie-effect-in-diamonds)
- [Which diamond shapes get a bow-tie: oval, pear, marquise and more](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/bow-tie/which-diamond-shapes-have-a-bow-tie)
- [Fixing a bow-tie: the steep belly of DG-Bowtie](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/bow-tie/how-to-fix-a-bow-tie)

[All 328 terms](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary)