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title: "Pear cut: meaning in gemology"
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[Glossary](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary) · Cuts and shapes

# Pear cut

Also called pear, pear shape

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](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/fancy-shape): A fancy shape is any diamond outline other than round, such as oval, pear, marquise, cushion, princess or emerald.
- [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.
- [Marquise cut](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/marquise-cut): A marquise cut is an elongated brilliant pointed at both ends.
- [Oval cut](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/oval-cut): An oval cut is an elongated round: the brilliant facet plan stretched along one axis.

## Learn more

- [Pear Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/cuts/pear)
- [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)

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