Making Engagement Rings As Unique As Your Relationship

Jul 20
07:56

2011

Stephanie Kendall

Stephanie Kendall

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If you want to personalise an engagement ring, then one increasingly popular and stylish option is to put the birthstone of your fiancé into the engagement ring setting, either as solitaire surrounded by other stones such as diamonds, or as a three-stone ring.

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Advantages of Birthstone Engagement Rings
  • Birthstones are delicately colored and make very attractive engagement jewelery

  • Birthstone engagement rings are more personalised than popular top-sellers like the solitaire diamond ring

  • Birthstone rings can sparkle as much as their more expensive counterparts through the use of smaller diamonds in the ring setting

  • Generally speaking,Making Engagement Rings As Unique As Your Relationship Articles birthstones are not as expensive as the so-called precious stones - diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires - which means you may have enough left in your engagement jewelry budget for a set: ring, necklace, earrings or bracelet.

Descriptions and Suggestions for 12 Birthstones

The month in which your fiancé is born determines the appropriate birthstone/s for her (or him). Both traditional birthstones and modern substitutes are listed.

  • January – Birthstones are: Garnet or rose quartz

  • February – Birthstones are: Amethyst or onyx

  • March – Birthstones are: Bloodstone or aquamarine

  • April – Birthstones are: Diamond or rock crystal

  • May – Birthstones are: Emerald or chrysoprase

  • June - Birthstones are: Alexandrite, moonstone or pearl

  • July - Birthstones are: Ruby and carnelian

  • August – Birthstones are: Peridot and sardonyx

  • September – Birthstones are: Sapphire and lapis

  • October – Birthstones are: Opal and tourmaline

  • November – Birthstones are: Topaz and citrine

  • December – Birthstones are: Tanzanite, zircon and turquoise

Creating an engagement ring with a birthstone in the setting is only advisable if your fiancé likes, hopefully loves, its colors (if it has one). If they do not like the color, then other gemstones should of course be considered. You may not be able to personalise the stone, but you can create an engagement ring design of your very own which has a stone cut in the style you prefer. Diamonds in engagement rings for example are available in the following cuts (their names commonly reflect their shape, style or the gem-cutter or jewelry designer who created them):

  • Round Brilliant

  • Princess Cut

  • Emerald Cut

  • Marquise Cut

  • Pear Shaped

  • Radiant Cut

  • Heart Shaped

  • Oval Shaped

  • Asscher Cut

  • Cushion Cut

  • Fancy Cut