--- title: "Princess cut: meaning in gemology" description: "A princess cut is a square brilliant with sharp corners and chevron-patterned pavilion facets." url: https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/princess-cut image: https://digitalgemology.com/img/og-digital-gemology.png?v=d224fb01 --- > Markdown copy of https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/princess-cut. 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 [Glossary](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary) ยท Cuts and shapes # Princess cut Also called princess A princess cut is a square brilliant with sharp corners and chevron-patterned pavilion facets. ## In more detail Its corners are its weak points, so settings usually protect them with V-prongs. Some princess designs qualify for the AGS Ideal Report by GIA. ## On a grading report No GIA cut grade. ## 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. - [Cushion cut](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/cushion-cut): A cushion cut is a square outline with rounded corners and a brilliant facet plan. It developed from the old mine cut. - [Radiant cut](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/radiant-cut): A radiant cut has the outline of an emerald cut, with cropped corners, and a brilliant facet plan. - [AGS Ideal Report by GIA](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/ags-ideal-report): The AGS Ideal Report by GIA is a digital supplement to a GIA report. It gives the American Gem Society's light performance grade, and only AGS Ideal 0 stones get one. ## Learn more - [Princess Cut](https://digitalgemology.com/cuts/princess) - [Bow-ties and grading reports: what the numbers can't tell you](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/bow-tie/bow-tie-and-the-grading-report) [All 328 terms](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary)