Emerald Cut Diamond Necklaces for Women
An emerald cut is a rectangle of long, flat facets that you can look straight into, more like a window of light than a scatter of sparkle. On a necklace, that clean outline sits at the base of the throat like a small architectural detail. This collection holds 28 emerald cut designs, from single pendants worn upright or sideways to colored stones, dangling rows and two-stone pairings, in natural and lab-grown diamonds.
A Window Into the Stone
Most diamond shapes are brilliant cuts, faceted in angled triangles that break light into lots of small, quick flashes. An emerald cut is a step cut instead: its facets run in parallel bands down the sides of the stone, like the steps of a staircase. Light travels through those bands in broad sheets, so the stone gives off long, slow flashes and has a calm, glassy depth. You don't see a sparkle so much as you see into the diamond. That restraint is the reason people choose it: it looks polished from across a room and still rewards a closer look.
What the Window Shows
Because you can see into an emerald cut, it hides less than a brilliant cut does. Any inclusion near the center or any tint of color is easier to notice through those open facets. That's why the stones we choose for emerald cut pendants are graded for clarity first, and why the larger ones come with reports: a natural emerald cut of half a carat or more includes an IGI or GIA report, and a lab-grown one of 1 carat or more includes an IGI report. The same openness also shows off a strong color beautifully, which is why the shape works so well in fancy pink, yellow, blue and green.
One Rectangle at the Neck
The simplest emerald cut necklace is a single stone on a chain. Our natural emerald cut pendants hold 1 carat diamonds, one in a smooth bezel and one in a classic single-stone setting. In lab-grown diamonds, the pendants come at 1, 2 and 3 carats, with larger sizes made on request.
Set upright, the rectangle points down the neckline and makes the neck look a little longer. Turn it sideways and it becomes an east-west pendant, lying flat across the collarbone with a more modern, architectural feel. We make a 1 carat lab-grown east-west emerald solitaire and an east-west emerald cluster. More single stones in every shape are in our solitaire necklaces.
Color Through Flat Facets
A brilliant cut breaks color into flashes; a step cut shows it as one even, saturated pane. Our colored emerald cuts come in pink, yellow, blue and green at 3 carats, each in a bezel that frames the rectangle. They're lab-grown and then treated after growth to produce their color, which each product page discloses. Other colored shapes are gathered in our colored diamond necklaces.
Rectangles in Rows and Pairs
Repeating the shape turns its straight lines into a pattern. Our dangling necklaces hang small emerald cuts along the chain: nine stones at 0.90 carats, seven at 2.80 carats and five at 3 carats, each in natural and lab-grown diamonds. A double emerald drop at 1.20 carats stacks two rectangles one above the other. For something more varied, our toi et moi necklaces pair an emerald cut with a marquise or with a pear, and our clusters and a 1 carat halo surround a central emerald cut with smaller diamonds. More of these patterns are in our diamond cluster necklaces.
Close to the Throat: Choker and Floating Designs
Two styles bring the emerald cut higher on the neck. A choker sits snugly at the base of the throat, so the rectangle lines up with the hollow of the collarbone, which suits strapless, off-shoulder and square necklines where nothing else interrupts the skin. A floating design uses a fine, barely visible chain or setting, so the stone seems to rest directly on the neck. Both put the clean outline of the emerald cut right where it's easiest to see.
An Art Deco Shape
The emerald cut became a signature of Art Deco jewelry in the 1920s and 1930s, when designers favored geometry, straight lines and step-cut stones over the softer curves of earlier eras. That history is why the shape still reads as quietly glamorous today, and why it pairs naturally with other step cuts. Our Art Deco jewelry guide covers the period, and the square-cornered cousins of the emerald cut appear in our asscher cut diamond jewelry and baguette diamond necklaces.
For the Wedding and After
An emerald cut necklace suits brides who want something clean rather than sparkly. It looks especially sharp with square, straight-across and strapless necklines, where its corners echo the line of the dress, and with simple crepe or satin gowns that don't compete with it. If you're wearing a vintage-inspired dress, the step cut's Art Deco roots tie the look together. A smaller pendant or a dangling emerald necklace also works as a gift for the mother of the bride or the wedding party. After the day, an emerald cut pendant moves easily into evening wear and makes a meaningful anniversary piece, especially in a size or color that marks the year.
Custom Emerald Cut Necklaces
If the exact piece you want isn't in the collection, our custom design service can make it. You can choose:
- The size. Lab-grown emerald cuts above 3 carats can be made to order; natural ones go up to 1 carat.
- The direction. Upright, east-west, or set on a choker or floating chain.
- The color. Colorless, or fancy pink, yellow, blue or green with the treatment disclosed.
- The setting. A bezel for a clean frame, four corner prongs for more light, or a halo of small diamonds.
- The pairing. An emerald cut beside a pear, marquise, round or another emerald cut.
Every emerald cut necklace is made in 925 sterling silver and in 10K, 14K or 18K yellow, white or rose gold. White gold keeps the rectangle cool and crisp; yellow gold gives it a warmer, more vintage frame. Some pieces arrive with the chain attached, and on pendants you can add a chain in silver, 14K or 18K gold, while 10K pieces ship without a chain. Emerald cut necklaces priced over $800 come with a GSI jewelry certificate.
