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Median price by shape.

Median USD per carat by diamond shape, natural and lab-grown, tracked monthly. Lines show natural medians; the full natural and lab series for every shape are in the download.

Round
Oval
Cushion
Princess
Emerald
Pear
Marquise
Radiant
Asscher
Heart
Dec ’25Jan ’26Feb ’26Mar ’26Apr ’26May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Aug ’26Sep ’26

Each point is the median USD per carat from a systematic 1-in-10 sample of listings, one observation per listing per calendar month, in pinned-rate USD. Cells below 150 sampled stones in a month are withheld rather than shown.

Latest median by shape

ShapeNaturalLab-grown
Radiant $3,091 $474
Cushion $2,948 $516
Oval $2,655 $453
Asscher $2,504 $470
Heart $2,374 $421
Pear $2,307 $452
Emerald $2,278 $451
Marquise $2,268 $485
Round $2,248 $414
Princess $2,158 $461

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