Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Square Cut Diamond Engagement Rings – The New ‘In-Thing’

Let us talk a bit more about how the cut is achieved and what are the popular designs in the square cut range. We’ll also talk about how you can choose the best square cut stone for your engagement ring.

The concept of square cut diamonds being made available commercially is a recent phenomenon. There are three cuts in this category that have gained tremendous popularity.

• Princess Cut
• Emerald Cut
• Asscher Cut
• Radiant Cut

Princess cut is among the most preferred cuts of diamonds for engagement rings. The brilliance of the cut, though not as much as a round cut, perfectly complements the metal used in the ring; and the look which comes with a princess cut diamond with Platinum / white gold ring is one of exceptional elegance. Princess cut diamonds are usually perfect squares, and that lends a special brilliance to the stone. There is also a very special category known as princess cut signature diamonds, which are among the best of the best diamond cuts in the world. These stones form only the top 0.05% of brilliant cut diamonds in the world, and are in exceptional demand all around the year. However, stores in our areas might not generally stock these pretty stones. The best place to find them would be online, from a reputed site like www.diamondsonweb.com. For you to easily identify a princess cut diamond, think of an inverted pyramid, with four beveled sides. The cut has been around since the year 1970.

Emerald cut is the next most popular cut, and is a preferred cut while making designer wear. Jewelry designers from around the world use this cut as it fits into any kind of a design. The easiest way to recognize an emerald cut is from the rectangular shape and the rounded edges. The stone is usually smaller than the other cuts, and if you are on a tight budget, this is the diamond for you to choose – without giving up on quality. This is a step cut, and that means you can see layer behind layer in the stone. This is a very popular cut for colored diamonds too. Like Princess cut, there are perfect signature diamonds in the Emerald collection too.

Unlike the other cuts we’ve mentioned here, the Asscher cut is not a generalized diamond cut, but a style that was introduced by an Amsterdam based diamond family called the Asschers in the year 1902. Due to the cut’s popularity, it has been adopted by diamond traders from all over the world, and the name stuck. The cut was out of fashion for a long time, but its being featured on the well watched show ‘Sex and the City’ brought it back into fashion. To recognize the cut, look out for a square emerald cut with cropped corners. Diamonds on Web also has some amazing signature cut Asscher stones.

The final recognized square cut is the Radiant cut. A very popular cut for sparkling jewelry, you can recognize a radiant cut diamond by thinking about a combination of the shape of an emerald cut stone and the brilliance of a round cut diamond. That is why this cut is so popular when used in sparkling jewelry.

These are the four most popular squ0are and rectangle cut diamonds. Depending on the shape of your engagement ring, check out which stone will suit you. To help you do that, there is a special ‘design your ring’ online feature on diamonds on web. There, you can try out the different stones and look at how they fit into the ring of your choice.
Go square!




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