Princess cut moissanite
Crisp square geometry with chevron-driven brilliance.
1 · Size — life size · 17 mm ring finger
5.5mm
1.06ct DEW
Ordered in
Sizes are close, not exact, until you calibrate — it takes a bank card and ten seconds.
· DEF Colourless · VVS clarity
Your stone
5.5mm · 1.06ct DEW
R 2 500
Ordered in · ships in about 2 weeks
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Material
Silicon carbide (SiC)
Cut style
modified brilliant · 58 facets
Sizes
22 · 0.58–18.72ct DEW
Refractive index
2.65 – 2.69
Dispersion (fire)
0.104
Hardness
9.25 – 9.5 Mohs
Origin
Lab-grown · conflict-free
Warranty
Limited lifetime
About the princess cut
Where it comes from
The princess is a young cut. In 1961 the London cutter Arpad Nagy created the "profile cut", the first to be called a princess. The square brilliant sold under that name today was developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s; GIA credits Betzalel Ambar and Israel Itskowitz with it.
What it suits
Clean lines and a modern look. It's the natural match for a straight, architectural band, and it sits neatly beside channel-set side stones. Its four sharp corners should be held by V-shaped claws, which also frame the square.
In moissanite
The princess is a brilliant cut, so it keeps much of moissanite's fire in a square outline, with a crisp cross pattern from its facets. Its corners are its weak spot. Moissanite is very hard (9.25 on the Mohs scale), but a hard knock on an unprotected point can still chip it, so we recommend protected corners for everyday rings.
Sizes
22 sizes, from 4.5mm (0.58ct) to 18mm (18.72ct), R 1 750 to R 30 750. Every size is ordered in, in about 2 weeks. To picture one: 5.5mm is 1.06ct and costs R 2 500.
Questions
- Why does a princess look smaller than a round of the same weight?
- More of its weight sits in its depth. A 5.5mm princess and a 6.5mm round both weigh about one carat.
- What setting protects a princess?
- Four V-shaped claws over the corners, or a bezel.
- Is a princess the same as a square cut?
- Yes. The princess is a square brilliant; an asscher is a square step cut.
Every princess on this page is SOLA™, Moissanite SA's own range. We buy direct from the maker, and every stone is DEF colourless with VVS clarity and comes with a GRA certificate. Each one is inspected before it's sent to you.