Diamonds look magnificent in any setup. Whether you pair up your engagement ring with white gold, yellow gold, or platinum, the enticing properties remain unmatched by any other gem and jewelry.
However, While choosing the right engagement ring, you must consider several attributes that may affect your lifestyle. Here is how you can determine what’s best for you and your partner.
Diamond Carat Weight and Daily Activity
Your lifestyle should be taken into consideration more so than the budget when choosing the carat of the stone for an engagement ring. 1.0-carat to 1.25-carat sizes are the most common selections. But recently, there has been a noticeable move toward heavier diamonds.
A smaller centerpiece ought to be more appropriate for your companion if they have an active lifestyle or are busy professionals. A large centerpiece entails a heavier and bigger ring, which may interfere with their regular activities.
Lab grown diamonds are morally preferable, more affordable, and cleaner. If your finances are a bit tight, giving up the idea of lab-grown diamonds may be a wiser choice than ditching the idea itself. They are far less expensive than their natural counterparts.
Engagement Ring Type and Professional Approach
For every person, there is a diamond engagement ring. You will likely be able to find three different sorts of rings that you might want to select from depending on your loved one’s preferences and profession. Let’s explore the various ring types and talk about what they are.
Pave Engagement Rings
Pave diamond engagement rings contain a center diamond. To create the appearance of a paved diamond ring for onlookers, the rings are also partly coated with tiny diamonds. In pave rings, the central diamond is often cut in a round shape.
If your partner needs to use their hands actively in their workplace, like on keyboards and physical jobs, the small diamonds on the pave rings may fall off.
Solitaire Engagement Rings
A solitary diamond is set on top of solitaire engagement rings to form the centerpiece. A larger diamond should be used in solitaire engagement rings than in halo or pave designs. To make the diamond appear larger, the rings are also made narrower.
As the centerpiece is secured with prongs, solitaire rings are more suitable for active professionals.
Channel Set Engagement Rings
In channel set diamond rings, the tiny metal prongs—keeping the diamond in place—-are absent. The band has grooves that resemble channels that hold the diamond in place. The centerpiece gets a stronger outlook with this arrangement.
This delicate piece is best suited for home-working individuals.
Halo Engagement Rings
Halo rings are scaled-down counterparts of paving rings. Halo rings are distinct from pave rings in that the diamonds only encircle the centerpiece rather than extending down to embrace the bands. It conveys the idea that the central diamond is larger and more brilliant.
Three-Stone Engagement Rings
Three-stone engagement rings have a higher grade, larger, raised diamond in the center, surrounded by two additional, smaller diamonds. For this ring, spherical, emerald, and princess-cut diamonds are preferred.
You can dazzle corporate events, gatherings, and client meetings by wearing three-stone engagement rings.
Considering Diamond Cut-Grade for Client Meetings
An unpolished diamond is outright unimpressive. To make the rough diamonds more elegant and shiny, diamond experts cut and polish them. Contrary to popular belief, the cut does not always correspond to the diamond’s shape. The completed diamond’s brilliance and refraction are what define the cut quality. When assessing the cut quality, GIA also takes the refractive index into account.
There are five major kinds of cut for diamonds:
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor
Even if the stone is smaller than what you want, we always advise choosing a decent cut quality over the carats. In an active setup, where your partner is required to physically interact with other professionals and clients, a cloudy diamond isn’t the wise choice.
GIA considers numerous attributes when certifying the cut grades of a diamond. The girdle thickness, cradle size, crown angle, and everything else that can be measured and analyzed are considered.
On the outside, the brightness of the diamond is analyzed. How much white light a diamond reflects determines how well it will be graded.
The scattering of the rainbow from every side and crown of the diamond is considered an essential element while grading.
Low-cut-quality diamonds produce dark reflections within the diamond. If total internal reflection occurs within the diamond, the dark patches can degrade the quality of the stone from an outside perspective—making your partner seem unprofessional and less intimidating.
Design-to-weight ratio, durability, symmetry, and quality of the polish are also considered when grading cut quality.
Diamond Clarity Grade
To choose the right engagement ring for your lifestyle, you must look forward to getting the best clarity that your budget can buy.
Natural diamonds are the result of years of heat and pressure on accumulated carbon reserves. This process, naturally, results in various mineral inclusions within the stone. Despite ensuring the best cut quality, these inclusions often deteriorate the reflections—contributing to lower clarity.
Different inclusion levels are considered to class the diamonds in 6 different primary clarity grades. The classes include:
- Flawless Flawless diamonds are exempt from any natural blemishes or inclusions within or outside the diamond.
- Internally Flawless. Visible inclusions aren’t found under 10X magnification.
- Very, Very Slightly Included (VVS1 and VVS2). Very slight inclusions can be noticed, but only under 10X magnification.
- Very Slightly Included (VS1, VS2). Minor inclusions are present under 10X magnification.
- Slightly Included (SI1, SI2). Inclusions are present and visible under 10X magnification.
- Included (I1, I2, I3). Inclusions are visible with trained eyes and under 10X magnification. The inclusions affect the clarity.
Diamond Color and Color Grade
Diamond colors are critical when choosing an engagement ring. Your partner’s lifestyle and preference dictate the choice of color. Some diamonds come in yellow, blue, and other fancy colors that may be preferable to certain individuals, but are mostly costlier; for being rare.
Four color grades are considered when certifying the diamonds. The grades are equally applicable to colored diamonds as it is too transparent.
These are:
- D: No hue. Chemically pure. Highest value.
- H: Slight almost invisible yellowish tint. Chemically pure.
- N: Brownish yellow tint. Physically visible with naked eyes. Low in value.
- Z: Visible brown tint. Cloudy appearance. Lowest in value.
Controlled lighting and precise viewing conditions are employed to determine the color grades. A color-graded diamond appears cloudy and doesn’t reflect light as effectively as a higher-graded one.
Source of the Diamond
Before the advent of lab-grown diamonds, the ethical, financial, and emotional devotion to real diamonds was unmatched. In terms of color, shape, and clarity, lab-grown diamonds are comparable to real diamonds but are far less expensive.
The Bottom Line
The information in this post should have helped you completely understand how to choose the greatest diamond ring. The size of the diamond is the primary factor, followed by the kind of ring and cut quality. If you’re on a tight budget, the source of your diamonds could also be important. Remember, that a smaller, brighter diamond is preferable to a larger, less impressive one.
