Slightly rounder than a traditional heart cut, with a height that is approximately 20% more than its width, the Valentine Cut is a very romantic cut that was designed for use with Diamonds but works brilliantly with coloured gemstones.
The cut can be applied to either a heart or pear shaped gem and the table of the gem appears to look like a shield. The romantic in me believes that if you give someone a piece of jewellery with a Valentine Heart Cut gem, you tell the recipient that the gem has been cut to shield and protect their heart.
All of the facets on the crown and pavilion are triangular in shape and when our team produce the cut we tend to leave a higher proportion of the total gem in the crown than is normal with heart and pear cuts as we have found that, with the Valentine Heart Cut, this brings out the best in a gem’s brilliance and dispersion.
