| More people nowadays put a premium on being | | | | Emerald Cut Diamonds: These rectangular-shaped |
| unique or different, and having a unique set of | | | | diamonds are usually used on men's jewelry. You |
| diamond jewelry that you made from loose cut | | | | can see these kinds of diamonds on such pieces |
| diamonds that you can find from a lot of jewelry | | | | as cuff links and tie-pins. The diamonds in this |
| makers is one of them. You can create stunning | | | | shape can also be used on women's jewelry, but |
| diamond jewelry from diamonds by creating your | | | | careful design considerations need to be taken to |
| own design and having them set in the kind of | | | | make the piece look feminine or ladylike for a |
| setting you want them to be in. | | | | woman to wear. This can be achieved by |
| The Many Different Cuts for Diamonds | | | | combining such a rock with some other precious |
| These diamonds are pre-cut diamonds, and they | | | | stones like rubies or sapphires to give the piece |
| have not yet been set in jewelry. These loose | | | | of jewelry some color and some feminine appeal. |
| diamonds that you can choose from can be made | | | | Radiant Cut Diamonds: Square-shaped diamonds |
| into beautiful jewelry of your own design or from | | | | like the radiant cut can also be used for men's |
| a design you saw and you like. The many | | | | jewelry or combined with other diamond shapes |
| different cuts that these diamonds come in can | | | | for feminine jewelry or set in an elaborate setting |
| be combined to create unique pieces all your own | | | | for the same reason. |
| or can even be combined with other precious and | | | | Oval Cut Diamonds: Another popular kind of |
| semi-precious gems to create a colorful and | | | | diamond cut. This diamond in the oval shape is |
| different piece of jewelry unlike any other. Here | | | | often a choice by women for various jewelry |
| are some of the more popular diamond cuts you | | | | designs they might have. While not as brilliant or |
| can have set in different kinds of jewelry | | | | as impressive as round cut diamonds, oval cut |
| Round Diamonds: These are probably the most | | | | ones can be pretty to look at when set in the |
| common of all cuts yet are considered the most | | | | right kind of setting or combined with the right |
| brilliant and the most elegant due to their | | | | kind of jewelry elements. |
| simplicity. Round diamonds often reflect more light | | | | Odd-shaped Diamonds: Other diamond shapes that |
| than some of their other counterparts due to the | | | | are also popular diamonds that include odd-shaped |
| way this diamond is cut and shaped, which evenly | | | | ones like the pear-shaped or teardrop-shaped |
| reflects light back up the stone. You can use this | | | | diamonds that make good-looking drop earrings |
| type of loose cut diamonds on earrings, rings, a | | | | and solitaire pendants, heart-shaped diamonds that |
| pendant, and on a bracelet. Since the round cut of | | | | sometimes come in shades of pink, marquis cut |
| this diamond gives it versatility and its simplicity | | | | diamonds that are often seen on rings and |
| gives it elegance, it can be set alone in any piece | | | | earrings, and trillion-cut diamonds that are actually |
| of jewelry; and it would still look beautiful. | | | | shaped like triangles. |