Abstract: A gemstone cut is provided with a strategic placement of facets that optimizes the three dimensional optically geometric light interactions to thereby produce unique characteristics. In one embodiment, the gemstone has a crown with 29 facets, a pavilion with 28 facets and a girdle with 32 facets. The crown has a table with an octagonal shape, four first star facets, four second star facets, eight kite facets, eight first upper girdle facets and four second upper girdle facets. The pavilion can have eight pavilion facets, eight intermediate pavilion facets, eight first lower girdle facets and four second lower girdle facets. The girdle can have 32 facets including four sides each having seven facets and four facets at the corners of the gemstone interspaced between the side facets. The gemstone has four-fold mirror-image symmetry.