A pear cut is a brilliant with one rounded end and one point, halfway between an oval and a marquise.
In more detail
Many pears show a bow-tie. GIA's pear guide says it gets darker as the difference between length and width grows. Our Pear design needs a 13.8° spread of pavilion angles around its outline.
On a grading report
No GIA cut grade; measurements as length × width × depth.
Related terms
- Fancy shape: A fancy shape is any diamond outline other than round, such as oval, pear, marquise, cushion, princess or emerald.
- 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.
- Marquise cut: A marquise cut is an elongated brilliant pointed at both ends.
- Oval cut: An oval cut is an elongated round: the brilliant facet plan stretched along one axis.