Radiant Cut Engagement Rings
Diamonds can be round, oval, triangle, heart or pear shaped. Popular designs of diamonds are princess, marquise, cushion, emerald, asscher and radiant. A radiant cut diamond has a shape of crushed ice. A radiant cut diamond ring, has cropped corners in the shape of a rectangle or square. Radiant cut facets have uniform series and a smooth sparkle or brilliance. Radiant cut diamond rings have facets with distribution over the crown, girdle and pavilion of the diamond. The corners are truncated to minimize chipping. This shape is known as radiant cut. Radiant cut engagement rings have been in use for more than 20 years and this particular type of engagement ring is considered as the 'father' of fancy cut diamonds. They have brilliant facet pattern on the crown and on the pavilion as well. This fine and unique cut makes it more dazzling than the simple emerald cut.
Radiant Cut Diamond Engagement Rings
The sole piece of radiant cut diamond ring is an ideal engagement ring. It looks classy and gorgeous in fingers. Radiant cut diamond is the centerpiece of the ring and it can also be attached to side stones of different shapes. Popular side stones are trapezoids, half moons, radiant or trillions. The radiant cut can also have marquise shape or elongated fancy shapes.
Radiant cut diamond rings are also available in fancy colors like golden, purple, mauve, peach, blue, etc. But the original color of diamond i.e. a dazzling silver is unique in itself. Check out the list of popular diamond engagement ring designs:
- Cathedral style mounting
- Trillion diamonds
- Trellis style
- Basket mounting
- Split prong basket
- Pave mounting
- Trapezoids
- Sapphire pave
- Tapered Baguettes
- Moissanite cut
- Vintage style
- Square radiant
Radiant cut diamond earrings are also inexpensive material and brilliant designs are available. Colors vary and designs vary. The ring can be studded with diamond and framed with gold, platinum or silver. Radiant cut natural diamond, yellow gold, crimson, etc. look extremely attractive in earrings. The radiant cut centerpiece can also be enclosed with small gem stones of multicolor. They are priced on standards of karats.
Considerations Before Buying
Before paying the price of any diamond jewelry you must verify the cut, color, clarity and carat weight of the diamond. The sparkle of the diamond reflects on its cut. A diamond with beautiful color and clarity can look dull if the cut is not perfect. A colorless diamond or the original diamond color is the most expensive and highly valued. Clarity of diamond is to make the stone free from internal flaws or inclusions. Pricing is also done on the basis of diamond clarity. A diamond with no inclusions visible to unaided eye is the best one. Diamond value or price rises exponentially with carat weight. After fulfilling all the considerations you can balance the overall diamond quality with carat weight and size of the diamond. After knowing and verifying all these, you can finally invest on your radiant cut engagement rings or radiant cut diamond earrings.
Just gift your sweetheart a priceless radiant cut diamond on your engagement. It will be a piece to treasure.
