Emerald Engagement Rings
An Emerald cut diamond solitaire engagement ring makes a beautiful alternative to the more traditional brilliant round cut rings and have become increasingly popular among the fashionable set. Famous women such as Melania Trump, Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton and Camilla Bowle´s have all been furnished with their very own emerald cut engagement rings.
As the name may suggest, this cut was developed initially for shaping emeralds, not diamonds and is one from a category known as step cuts. Within this group the facets are kept broad and flat, cut to rise up like steps.
The emerald cut itself looks like a rectangle or square with the corners cut off and was conceived as a way to cut emeralds because while relatively hard, they have many natural inclusions which make them vulnerable to breakage. This technique was then transposed onto other gemstones. Visit the Wikipedia page to find out about other diamond cuts.
While not as instantly dynamic and sparkly as some of the other cuts, the appeal of emerald cut diamond engagement rings is that they radiate sudden and more dramatic flashes of light from their wide, long surfaces. Emerald cut engagement rings were particular popular during the Art Deco period, dating back to a time when sophisticated glamour and quirky originality were all the rage.
Engagement ring designs which include emerald cut diamonds tend to be more limited because only the claw (or four-pronged) settings can be used but their subtle elegance and undeniable beauty more then make up for this. When buying a emerald cut ring the best advice is to ensure you choose a higher color and clarity of diamond then you would with a brilliant cut because the open, large facets make any flaws more visible.
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