Heart cut
A heart-shaped diamond, with a cleft at the top, two rounded lobes and a point.
How to read it
GIA describes the heart as a cleft at the top, two rounded lobes and a pointed tip; in the United States, it says, most hearts are about as wide as they are long. The International Gem Society puts the modern heart at 59 facets.
Also searched as: heart diamond, heart shaped diamond.
Grades describe a stone as a grading laboratory saw it. This page explains the grading scales; it doesn’t grade or value any stone.
Read next
- Next in Diamond gradingEmerald cutA rectangular diamond with cropped corners and long, stepped facets.
- The same shape in Accessibility symbolsAssistive listening symbol (ear)An ear with a diagonal bar across it is the International Symbol of Access for Hearing Loss. It marks an assistive listening system: a loop, infrared or FM system that sends sound to hearing aids or headsets.
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The same shape elsewhere
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Sources
- Guide to Diamond Engagement Ring Shapes (GIA 4Cs), Gemological Institute of America
- The History of Heart Shaped Diamonds (International Gem Society), International Gem Society
- A Book of Precious Stones (Wodiska, 1909), Julius Wodiska, A Book of Precious Stones, 1909, Internet Archive (Cornell University Library scan)
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