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Diamond Rings

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Diamond rings with their dazzling sparkle and glory can steal the heart of any person. The first ever diamond jewelry that any girl desires to own is a diamond ring. A ring is a beautiful circular ornamental jewelry worn on finger, toe, neck or arm. In this article, you will read about finger rings only.

Both men and women wear rings. Rings are made up of white gold, yellow gold, silver, palladium, platinum, titanium, tungsten, stainless steel, thin wire, bone, elephant teeth or animal horn etc. Diamond, birthstone or zerkonia are often set in a diamond ring. Precious gemstones like ruby, sapphire or emerald etc are also set in a ring.

A diamond ring is considered as a symbol of eternal love. Earlier, ancient Egyptians believed that "blood vessel of love", called vena amoris, ran directly from heart to fourth finger. Now the whole world believes the same and that's why a ring of love is worn in fourth finger.

Diamond rings are used as diamond engagement ring, diamond wedding ring, diamond marriage anniversary ring. Diamond rings are presented as birthday gift to the dear ones. Diamond ring is also offered as a valentine gift to wife, fiancée or girlfriend. Diamond ring is also presented as an expression of love and marriage proposal. A diamond ring is mounted in white gold, yellow gold, platinum or rhodium metal.

Q: What is a Diamond Promise Ring?

Ans: A diamond promise ring is a symbol of promise to love ! A boy presents his girl friend a diamond promise ring before their formal engagement. Diamond promise ring signifies the concrete relationship between the two. It also signifies the up coming prime time of life. It is a promise to get engaged soon and get married afterwards. Unlike diamond engagement rings and diamond wedding rings, a promise diamond ring may not be made up of white diamonds. A promise ring may be made up of natural colored diamonds. Since a promise diamond ring is just a symbolic promise, it is often not very costly or carefully chosen. Read more about Diamond Promise Ring...

Q: What is an engagement diamond ring?

Ans: At the time of engagement, boy and girl exchange diamond rings. These rings are called diamond engagement rings. In earlier times, only a boy used to gift her fiancee a gold diamond ring at the time of engagement. But now girls also insert a diamond engagement ring into the finger of her fiance. There was a trend of using plain gold engagement rings in earlier times. Now gold diamond rings have replaced plain gold rings for serving the purpose of engagement. A gold diamond engagement ring acts as a betrothal gift, i.e. a gift of promise of marriage. A gold diamond engagement ring is worn in the finger next to little finger (fourth finger) of left hand side. This is because it is said that the vena amoris (vein of love) directly carries blood from this finger to heart. Read more about Diamond Engagement Rings

Q: What is a diamond wedding ring or diamond marriage ring?

A: A diamond wedding ring is also called a diamond wedding band. It is a diamond ring that signifies that the wearer is married. A diamond wedding ring is symbol of eternal love, dedication, devotion and promise to live together till death. A diamond wedding ring is not just a symbol of love, it also ensures the financial security of the newly-wed couple. A wedding ring can bought from nearby diamond jewelry shop. You can also select a diamond wedding ring from a vast range of jewelry available online. A diamond wedding ring is made up of diamond stones set in yellow gold, white gold silver or platinum metal. Gold with 18k purity is hard as well as pure enough for a diamond wedding ring. Women usually wear a narrow wedding band and mens wedding band is wider. In some culture, just exchange of wedding ring results into legal wedding.

Shapes and Styles of Diamond Rings

Q: What is a flat wedding band?

Ans: These are also called plain wedding bands. Flat wedding bands are the simplest form of rings. Like other jewelry, flat wedding bands are of 2 types: ladies wedding band (womens wedding band) and gents wedding bands (mens wedding band). They are simple yet sophisticated ornaments. A flat wedding band is made up of a flat metal curved into a loop. It is flat from inside as-well-as flat from outside.

It is around 2 to 6 mm wide and has a good finishing outside to look beautiful. It also has a good finishing inside so that the wearer can put it into finger comfortably. It slides in the finger comfortably. Excellent finishing ensures that they do not pinch the finger.

This quality makes flat wedding bands rings increasingly popular among men and women. Flat wedding bands and diamond rings are a classic style that will never go out of fashion. Because of simplicity in design, their making charges are cheap. Hence their price is cheaper as compared to other jewelery items.

This makes them affordable for most of the people. Usually custom wedding bands and antique jewelery at discounted price is most desirable by the people. Many websites sell flat wedding bands online at wholesale price. Instead of driving down to a jewelry store, just visit some websites and find a beautiful range of unique wedding band and diamond rings.

Flat wedding bands rings are used as engagement bands ring, marriage bands rings, marriage anniversary ring, birth anniversary ring or marriage proposal rings. Since people prefer to use a simple ring as a promise diamond ring, flat rings are the most suitable ones as a promise ring. Flat wedding bands rings are made up of white gold, yellow gold, rose gold, silver, tungsten, titanium, platinum or palladium. Sometimes two metals are used to make a band to present an unusual beauty to the jewel. Precious or semiprecious stones like diamond, gemstones, sapphire, ruby or emerald are set as the crown of the ring to impart it an eternal beauty.

Q: What is a half round band ?

Ans: Half-round rings, are the rings which are flat from inside but round from outside. They are different from flat rings which are flat from inside as well as outside.

Half-round wedding bands are also called D-shaped bands. They are the classic and traditional wedding bands. You can have a diamond or gemstone at the top of the ring. It bears smooth edges and is comfortable fit. This property makes it ideal for daily wear. It is available in all metals and alloys like yellow gold, white gold, silver, rose gold, tungsten, titanium, platinum, stainless steel and palladium etc. It can be made with 14k gold, 18k gold, 20k gold and 22k gold. More thickness imparts more hardness and durability. Hence the ornament made in 18k gold is hard to bend.

3) Sleeve Rings: Sleeve rings are the rings made up of an inner ring or sleeve, with many outer rings stacked on it to form a strong ring. All rings are attached to one another by one means or other.

4) Solitaire Diamond Rings: Solitaire diamond rings are the most beautiful and costly rings. They have a large single dazzling stone (diamond or gemstone) mounted on them. It has a timeless beauty and its pleasant appeal is always admired. Girls prefer solitaire rings as they are complimented with any dress code and never go out of fashion. Solitaire rings are made up of white gold, yellow gold, silver, platinum or palladium etc. The center stone may be a diamond, pearl, sapphire, ruby or emerald. Generally, the diamond stone is round cut or princess cut.

People feel prestigious to wear 1 carat solitaire diamond ring. Solitaire rings are used as solitaire wedding ring, solitaire engagement ring, solitaire anniversary ring. Many websites sell online solitaire rings at cheap or discounted price / wholesale price. You can browse the internet to see various colors, perfect shapes, size or cuts of a solitaire ring. A solitaire diamond ring is said to be the best engagement ring. It symbolizes the eternal love for your beloved one. The grace and magnificence of a solitaire diamond ring is unmatched.

5) Diamond Eternity Ring: History of diamond eternity rings is as old as that of a ring. Antique eternity rings date back as far as 2000 BC (that is around 4000 years from today). Eternity rings are the rings that have gemstones or diamonds all around the outer surface of gold rim of the ring. The continuous circle of diamonds with no beginning and no end, is a perfect symbol of unending and everlasting eternal love. The diamonds are set on precious metals like white gold, yellow gold or platinum. Diamonds in a row have same cut, color, clarity and size. This is to maintain a particular design along full length of the ring. However, alternative patterns can be introduced in the design of a gold diamond eternity ring.

6) Trinity rings are three rings to be worn at one time.

7) Diamond Cluster Ring: In a cluster ring, a large number of stones are set in form of a cluster. Some cluster ring have all stones of same size, color or clarity. Others consist of one large stone in the center surrounded by several smaller stones. The large center stone may be diamond or some other gemstone like sapphire, emerald, pearl or ruby. Surrounding this large center stone, numerous smaller diamonds present a dazzling show of seduction. Diamonds have been used to make cluster rings since long time. There is a large range of designs of diamond cluster rings available in the market. Some of them are traditional jewels and others move forward to modern day jewels with new innovative styles.

An advantage of selecting a diamond cluster ring over diamond solitaire ring is cost. If you select a diamond solitaire ring of same carat weight, color and clarity as that of a cluster ring, the solitaire ring will be considerably costly. The reason for that is that diamonds of larger size are rare, hence more valued. Hence a cluster ring brings you more carat weight at an affordable price. But never forget that solitaire diamond ring is much more precious and adorned as compared to other rings. In addition to cost, diamond cluster ring has one more advantage over diamond solitaire ring.

In diamond cluster ring, a number of diamonds are spread over a large space in the ring. Each diamond stone is mounted in its own place resulting in a large big ring. Sometimes, in a cluster ring, a number of diamonds are set so close to one another that they give appearance of a single diamond from distance. Hence by spending a small amount of money, you can buy a solitaire-look-alike cluster ring. Diamond cluster rings are perfectly used as diamond engagement ring, diamond wedding ring and diamond anniversary ring. These rings are available in 14k or 18k white gold and yellow gold. Diamond cluster setting is also used in earring, stud, nose pin, bangles, bracelet etc.