Round Diamond Engagement

15Oct/09Off

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A diamond engagement ring laid with a large diamond can catch people's attention and make its wearer proud. However' large diamonds are costly. So you go for a ring studded with tiny diamonds. Do you know that it is possible to make these tiny diamonds look like a large diamond?

If you don't' read the following tips. You might then be able to show off a diamond engagement ring set with an impressive "large" diamond.

Before we get into these tips' let us first sound a warning against a common practice. Sometimes diamond buyers go for diamonds with a shallow cut. These are diamonds that have not been cut deep enough to give them brilliance. Diamonds get their brilliance from their light reflecting characteristic.

Light hitting shallow-cut diamonds go out their back' instead getting reflected back. The result would be a loss of brilliance' even though the diamond might look bigger. Saving cost by going for shallow-cut diamonds might thus not be the best decision.

So how do you make tiny diamonds look like a big diamond?

Select Fancy Shaped Diamonds

The typical choice involves round shaped diamonds. If you select instead diamonds shaped in elongated shapes like oval or pear' diamonds of the same weight will look larger. There is also the possibility to make your diamond engagement ring look more impressive by tasteful selection of the shape.

Go for a Pave Setting

A pe setting consists of several diamonds set closely together. Small beads of setting metal hold these diamonds in place and make them look like a single diamonda single large' diamond. The problem with the pave option is that the intricate metalwork involved can cost more than the difference in ...