Diamonds are undoubtedly a woman’s best friend. It is always one of her prized possessions. There are different types of engagement rings; the top five popular engagement rings are as follows:
1 )Solitaire Engagement Rings
Most of the popular engagement rings are embedded with a solitaire diamond. Solitaire diamonds are single stones which are elevated above the band. The ring with a solitaire diamond is quite prominent. Nowadays, the trend is a single solitaire diamond neatly surrounded by small diamonds.
2) Three Stone Diamond Rings
These rings are becoming increasingly popular. Some gem stores and well known brands have made strategies to capture the market. Their efforts have borne fruit in making the three stone diamond rings popular and in demand. The concept behind the 3 stone rings is that it is a representation of your past, your present and your future relationship you would have with your beloved.
The ring bands mostly selected are gold and platinum. Gold is available in both yellow and white colors. Platinum definitely is stronger when compared with gold, but it is not scratch resistant like gold. Platinum is a rare metal as compared to gold, and hence quite expensive. For novices, both white gold and platinum may look similar, though they are not. After good usage, white gold would get back its yellow color, whereas platinum would still retain its color and texture. White gold is in trend when compared to platinum and is less expensive than platinum.
3) Round Diamond
This cut is well in demand and is widely available. It exhibits fire and brilliance as compared to all the other available shapes. They may look smaller as compared to other shapes.
4) Princess Cut Diamonds
They come next in line and also exhibit lot of brilliance. Bigger the diamonds, expensive are the prices. Americans go in for big engagement rings. Some diamond rings are as big as 2 to 3 carat.
5) Oval and Marquise Diamonds
Both Marquise and Oval diamonds exhibit a bigger look because they have the capacity to create an illusion. Bezel setting Diamonds also lend a bigger look to the diamonds. These diamonds are neatly wrapped around with a precious metal. It lays special emphasis on the circumference of the diamond. When you compare a solitaire diamond ring with a 3 stone engagement ring, the latter one may look as big and weight as much as a 3 stone ring, but when it comes to prices, they are less expensive as compared to a 3 stone ring. Larger diamonds are a rare species and expensive as compared to smaller diamonds. This may be true even if both carry the same weight.
