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Cutters shape this stone into a long teardrop, with facets on each side and nothing left flat. A tiny hole goes in near the narrowest tip. That tip stays slightly thicker so the drilling does not weaken the stone. Once a jeweler threads a wire through that hole, the whole piece can hang and spin freely once it is set.
A flat-topped stone throws its sparkle from basically one place. Not this shape. Its facets pull light in from any direction, so a small turn of the wrist sends the sparkle somewhere different. Movement, not staying still, is the whole appeal here.
Briolette stays fixed as the shape on this page, so carat weight, color, clarity, and how well the stone is cut set the price of this lab created diamond. Since each facet on this stone shows from some angle, a clean, even polish counts for more here than on flatter cuts. Color and clarity carry a touch more of that price too. Buyers hardly ever spot a slightly lower grade once the stone is swinging and picking up light.
Rings rarely suit this shape, since it needs room to hang rather than sit flat inside a setting. Earrings and pendants give this lab grown diamond that same room. Strung alone on a fine chain, one stone makes a complete necklace. Two stones swinging from a pair of hooks work just as well. A single drop earring style shows off this shape well.
You will not find the same flash twice with this shape, since it keeps constantly changing as it moves instead of holding one fixed sparkle like a round stone does. People notice a Briolette cut lab diamond for that reason more than for anything else. It tends to stick in memory after just one quick glance.
Loose Grown Diamond is happy to build or source a Briolette cut lab grown diamond to your exact preferences. Share the carat weight and length you have in mind, or include a reference photo if you like, and we will cut a well-refined stone to an exact match.
It happens, but not often. A ring holds a stone flat, and this shape prefers to hang and swing instead. Earrings and pendants suit it noticeably better, giving the lab diamond room to move and catch light from each side. Fitting one into a ring usually means building extra metal around it just to keep the stone in place.
That hole near the narrow tip gives a wire or bail a place to pass through the stone. Once threaded, this lab grown diamond can swing and spin naturally once it is set. No hole would mean no simple way to attach the stone securely to an earring hook or a chain.
Less is not quite right; a lighter word fits better. A lab created diamond cut this way builds its sparkle from small, steady movement rather than one fixed flash. Sitting still, it can look a bit quieter than a round cut, but the moment it starts swinging from an earring or pendant, it picks up light from angles a motionless stone never reaches.
