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Princess Cut Diamonds
Clean lines and expert faceting make princess cut diamonds popular for rings, earrings and fine jewelry. Shop loose princess cut diamonds to find the perfect fit.
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Endlessly brilliant princess diamonds are perfect for engagement rings, earrings, necklaces, and other jewelry styles. These diamonds feature unique faceting patterns that bring impressive sparkle at any size. This shape doesn’t follow an exact faceting standardization, allowing you to choose the qualities that give you the look you’ll love.
This is one of the newest diamond shapes for engagement rings and other jewelry designs. The princess cut was created in 1981 to maximize the most brilliant diamond qualities. The faceting pattern combines a streamlined square shape with the sparkle of brilliant cut diamonds for memorable diamonds that make a lasting impression.
Princess cut diamond rings, earrings, solitaire necklaces, and other jewelry designs showcase the lasting style of this newcomer diamond shape. When shopping for loose princess diamonds, consider the 4Cs to help you choose the right stone.
Whether it's cut for bold flashes of light, for smoldering scintillation, or with a square or rectangular profile, the princess cut is the ultimate in variation. Choose loose princess cut diamonds for rings, earrings, men’s jewelry, and more. Shop certified princess diamonds to find the perfect gem.
FAQs About Princess Cut Diamonds
Are princess cut diamonds a good value?
The princess was specifically designed to optimize the sparkle of a raw diamond that lacks the depth for cuts like round and cushion. They're also an amazing value because of the economy of the cut. They lose much less raw material than round diamonds when they are cut from a rough stone. Learn more in our guide to diamond shape.
What is a princess cut diamond?
Princess cut diamonds have a square shape and pyramid shape that comes to a point at the bottom. The exact faceting, ratios and details can vary from one diamond to the next. But as a rule, princess cut diamonds always have straight lines and sharp corners in their square shapes. The GIA considers princess diamonds to be modified brilliants, which means they’re cut for sparkle yet square in shape.
What do I need to be careful of when selecting princess cut diamonds?
Splurge on color grade because color can show in this shape's dramatic corners. Learn more about how shape impacts diamond color.
When was the princess cut diamond created?
Princess cut diamonds are the baby of fancy-shaped diamonds—first created in the 1960s.
How popular are princess cut diamonds?
Princess is our most popular fancy shape for engagement rings.
What do princess diamonds look like?
The princess diamond cut features a square face and pyramid-like base, with many people describing these diamonds as inverted pyramids. These diamonds have sharp corners and varying faceting numbers and are considered modified brilliant-cut diamonds. They are generally identified by their flat square face-up appearance that has four right angle corners with brilliance throughout the stone.
The number of facets can vary from one princess diamond to the next, making it easy to find the exact diamond that features your favorite balance of sparkle, fire, shape, and carat weight distribution.
Which jewelry is best for princess diamond cuts?
1 and 2 carat princess cuts are often found in solitaire engagement rings, stud earrings, women’s jewelry, and men’s jewelry styles. But princess diamonds of all carat weights can be found in styles for anyone. These diamonds are beautifully brilliant, making them excellent additions to almost any setting.
What are the 4Cs of diamonds?
The 4Cs of diamonds are used to assess some of the most important elements of these iconic gems. The 4Cs are diamond cut, diamond color, diamond carat, and diamond clarity. Another element, diamond shape, can also be considered when shopping for princess cuts.
Do princess diamonds look large for their carat weight?
Carat refers to the weight of a diamond, not actually its size. Still, there are some common carat weights that correlate to general sizes in these gems, visit our diamond carat size chart to learn more.
Princess diamonds typically carry their weight in the pavilion, meaning that the face-up view of these gems can look smaller for the carat value. Other diamond shapes, such as pear diamonds, can look larger for their carat weights due to the way their size is distributed.
Are these diamonds graded?
At Blue Nile, we only offer loose princess cut diamonds that have been assessed by expert diamond grading institutions, such as GIA and IGI. Visit our diamond certification guide to learn more about how these princess diamond grading processes work.
Which of the 4Cs are most important for princess diamonds?
Cut is considered one of the most important 4Cs of diamonds. When browsing our selection, focus on choosing the princess cut diamond that offers the best cut for your budget. Other elements, such as color and clarity, are also important considerations for princess cut diamonds.
How do princess diamonds differ from other square gems?
These popular square diamonds are unique with their faceting and style. Princess cut diamond rings and earrings are especially popular, letting this special shape sparkle at its best.
Princess diamond cuts differ from similarly shaped cushion cut diamonds due to their more fluid number and position of facets along with the sharp edges of the princes cut. These square diamonds also differ from step-cut Asscher diamonds and emerald cut diamonds in both shape and faceting style.
What carat weights are popular?
At Blue Nile, we offer princess cut diamonds in a variety of carat weights for any budget. 0.75, 1, and 2 carat princess cuts are especially popular. But princess diamonds can be found in virtually any size and carat weight.
Are lab diamonds available in this cut?
Yes, we offer natural and lab-made diamonds in the iconic princess cut.
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