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How to Buy a Diamond Engagement Ring

There is much to consider whendiamonds are very, very rare, extremely
purchasing a diamond - especiallyexpensive and difficult to find. Poor
diamond engagement rings! The traditionquality diamonds are a lot cheaper and
of presenting a woman with a diamondmore common but the sparkle and beauty
engagement ring when proposing began inof them is obviously diminished.
1477 when Archduke Maximilian presentedColor ranges from D-Z and then the fancy
a diamond ring to Mary of Burgundy - andcolors such as blue, pink, yellow, etc.
in most cases, the woman you plan toD color will be the highest quality, the
propose to will expect a ring toclearest, and the highest priced.
accompany that proposal!Quality decreases as you move down this
First, do a little detective work toalphabet scale until you get to the
find out what your fiance would like tofancy colors in which the price rises
have. After all, she will be wearing itagain. The color of the diamond changes
for a very long time. So you can subtlyfrom colorless to yellow to brownish as
get her opinion on the subject byyou get to Z. You generally want to get
suggesting that a friend is seeking youra color somewhere between F and I or
help in picking out a ring for hiscolorless to near colorless to stay in a
fiance and ask your fiance's opinion.better price and quality range. Fancy
She will most likely describe to youcolors are not traditional for
exactly what she would like. You couldengagement rings but again it's a matter
also enlist her friend, sister, mother,of preference.
etc, to go shopping with her and seeClarity ranges from Perfect to
what she tries on at the jewelry store.imperfect. Perfect diamond have no flaws
Or the friend could start up aand are the most expensive and least
conversation about engagement rings andavailable. Imperfect diamonds have eye
what's popular and what you fiance'svisible flaws such as black carbon
opinion is on the subject.spots, cloudiness, and crystal like
Next, determine how much ring you canimperfections. The in-betweens are VVS1,
afford. Most people use the two or threeVVS2, VS1, VS2, SI1, SI2,and SI3. You
months salary rule. This means that thewill most practically and affordably
ring should cost the equivalent of twowant to stay in-between in the SI range.
months of your current salary. BecauseThe diamonds in this range are eye clean
you have other bills to pay, saving upand attractive.
this amount of money may take quite aCarat weight and cut are a matter of
bit of time. You should considerpersonal preference. The higher the
financing. Simply go to the jeweler ofcarat weight, the bigger the diamond.
your choice and tell them that you planCommon practice is to buy one carat
to buy an engagement ring, and thattotal weight or one carat solitaire with
financing will be necessary. Go aheadside diamonds.
and get the credit check out of the way,And as far as cut, which is the shape of
find out what your payments will be, andthe diamond, there is a variety of
how much of a down payment is required.shapes available which can be viewed on
Make sure that the jewelry store you buyan education page. Princess cut or
the ring from will allow you to returnsquare cut is the most popular diamond
the ring, if that is required, or allowshape these days.
your girlfriend to exchange it forThe different metals you have to choose
another if she is not happy with it!from for the setting and the band of the
You will want to take into considerationring are white gold, yellow gold and
how your fiance feels about jewelry. Ifplatinum. Platinum is the rarest and
she's really into jewelry, you will wantmost expensive of the precious metals.
to get her as much ring as you possibleSome ladies prefer white gold, some
can. Say she's not into wearing jewelryprefer platinum and so on. White gold is
so much. You could get her a lessin highest demand over yellow gold as of
expensive ring with a lower profile (notrecent. Platinum is, of course, the most
so raised off the finger and not sosought after due to it's rarity but it
flashy) and she will be very pleased.is not the most affordable due to recent
Just take notice on how much and whatprice rises in the platinum market.
type jewelry she wears and what herThere is also the matter of which
opinions are on the subject and use yourstyle...solitaire, solitaire with side
best judgment.diamonds, cluster, 3 stone rings and so
Quality is very important. There is aon. 3 Stone Diamond Engagement Rings are
great range of color, clarity, caratextremely popular. There is also a
weights and cuts. All these aspects ofvariety of carat weights, yellow or
diamond engagement ring buying can bewhite gold, platinum and different cuts
very confusing and intimidating if you(shapes) available to choose from.
don't know much about it. Perfect



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