Briolette

It is an elongated, mostly symmetrical along the main axel, pear shape covered with angular facets usually with a pointed end and no girdle.

[2] While the briolette is a symmetrical drop shape, the pendeloque cut is flatter and has two different sides: one with a large table facet and one with a point or ridge.

The top of a briolette is attached to the piece of jewelry, usually by a hole drilled in the stone, and a pendeloque cut stone needs to be mounted in a prong setting.

[1] The briolette cut is said to have been designed by Belgian Lodewyk van Bercken in 1476.

The cut is mostly used for stones with color, like sapphires and varieties of quartz.