Making A Custom Design Engagement Ring

Custom designing your own engagement ring ensures its uniqueness.  

Many people enjoy the idea of an original design, but they are unsure of how to begin such a process. Some are unsure if designing their own ring is worth waiting the extra time it will take to accomplish. It is actually worth doing if you can't find a manufactured setting that matches your desires. Designing your own engagement ring does not require any special experience or training; however, it is important that you effectively communicate your ideas to a jeweler.

Where to Begin?

Perhaps the best way to begin creating a unique design is to draw the design of the ring on paper before visiting your jeweler. Using pictures of other rings for inspiration can also be helpful. This works well for those who like certain characteristics of more than one setting that they have previously seen. Jewelers can work with these pictures. Many experienced jewelers can make a drawing or computer rendering of a ring for you by using the pictures that have inspired the style of ring that you desire. Once the design has been communicated to a qualified and experienced jeweler, the diamonds can be chosen.

What Are the Advantages of a Custom Designed Engagement Ring?

One of the advantages of having a custom design is that the engagement ring is actually built around the diamonds. The diamonds can be fit into a custom design with precision. This allows for minimal gaps or spacing between the stones, which improves the overall appearance of the ring. For solitaires, the diamond can be custom set at just the right position to harbor the maximum amount of light passing through the stone. This allows the diamond to sparkle brilliantly. Purchasing your own diamonds through a wholesaler will lessen the expense of the ring. Wholesale diamond dealers in Los Angeles are quite adept at offering excellent prices for quality diamonds because they do it for a great number of high-end clients who prefer to design their own jewelry.

Another advantage of designing your own engagement ring is that it will be made to fit your finger perfectly. There will be no need to cut it for sizing, which bolsters the strength of the ring. This means that it won't easily crack or break apart over time.

Designing your own engagement ring will take time, so don't expect it to happen quickly. However, if you are looking for something truly unique, it's the best choice. An engagement ring is meant to last a lifetime, so it is imperative that you are happy with the design. Customizing your ring improves the chances that you will always be happy with the style of such an important piece of jewelry.

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White Gold or Platinum, Which is Better?

If you're not going to get an engagement ring with traditional yellow gold as the band, you're probably going to ask this question of yourself.

In reality, it's a little like asking, "which is better, the Bugatti Veryon or the McLaren F1?" Each is stunning in its own right and, whichever you choose, you'll add "that extra touch" to the diamond engagement ring that's sure to make your partner's eyes wide and knees weak.

White Gold

White gold is not an element unto itself; it is formed by mixing an alloy of yellow gold and a white metal, such as nickel, palladium or manganese. Some people are allergic to nickel, however, so some companies that make white gold diamond engagement rings don't use nickel. In most cases, the alloy is made up of 90 percent yellow gold and 10 percent of the other metal. For this reason, it's possible to measure the karat purity of white gold using the same scale as yellow gold.

Yellow gold-palladium alloys are soft; therefore, they're most often used for gemstone settings instead of the rings themselves. Yellow gold-nickel alloys are far stronger and are the chief component of white gold engagement rings. To offset the possibility of allergic reactions from nickel content, and to keep them looking white, all white gold rings are plated with rhodium.

Platinum

Platinum is one of the rarest metals in the Earth's crust. Only 150 - 300 tons are mined each year in total, and this makes it highly prized by Los Angeles jewelers. It is more ductile than gold, which means, despite being harder than iron, it can be easily formed into rings and gemstone setting posts. Platinum used in jewelry must be between 90 and 95 percent pure. Otherwise, it must be labeled as platinum alloy. Initially, platinum rings have a mirror-like, gray appearance. Over time, they'll pick up scratches and other marks that convert the surface to a patina.

Advantages and Disadvantages

The chief advantage of white gold rings is that they, usually, cost about half as much as platinum rings of comparable size. This, in turn, allows you to spend more of your budget on the actual diamond of the engagement ring. The biggest disadvantage of white gold is that it will revert to its normal, yellow color without periodic rhodium replating. This process is not usually expensive, however, and a few jewelers in Los Angeles will even do it for free.

Platinum rings, on the other hand, will never tarnish in any way because they're almost completely unreactive. The patina that develops on them further accentuates the scintillating brilliance of any diamonds set in them, which is why patina finishes are as popular as they are. If you want the mirror finish instead, a jeweler can restore it at roughly the same cost as reapplying rhodium to white gold. The main disadvantage of platinum engagement rings is their cost.

It all comes down to personal preference. For those who cannot decide between white gold and platinum, one of the specially trained, expert goldsmiths working in the Los Angeles Jewelry District can mix the two in an all-conquering, magnificent alloy.

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What Are Fancy Color Diamonds?

When most people think about engagement rings, their first thought is of a brilliant, white, internally flawless diamond that'll sparkle like a quasar and take the viewer's breath away.  

While these diamond engagement rings are truly spectacular, there's another possibility: fancy color diamond engagement rings. Even more rare than internally flawless white stones, these awe-inspiring gems exist in a wide array of colors that range from yellow and rose through deep blue to the carbonado, which is completely black. There's something for everyone's taste.

Fancy color diamonds are chemically exactly the same as white diamonds, except for the inclusion of one or more other elements or compounds. The Hope Diamond, which is the most famous blue diamond in the world, gets its distinctive, stunning color through a high concentration of boron. Vivid yellow diamonds, such as the Tiffany Diamond, contain nitrogen. Anyone who's seen Audrey Hepburn's photo in promotional material for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" has seen the absolutely scrumptious-looking stone. Some people still argue of which was more perfect, Audrey or the diamond.

Almost all fancy color diamonds can be found in the Los Angeles diamond district, even green. They're the only colored diamonds not to be formed from the inclusion of another element. Rather, they come about when radiation affects their internal structure and are, thus, remarkably rare. The king of all fancy color diamonds is the carbonado. It's black as a moonless, overcast night in the Brazilian rain forest, which is one of the only two places where these stones can be found. Black diamonds are a true puzzle, having been formed 300 million years after all other diamonds in the Earth's crust.

There are many theories as to their origin. One of them pegs them as remnants from an exploding star thousands of light years from Earth; these shards of a stellar cataclysm then traveled across vast, intervening areas of space and, just by remote chance, fell to Earth. No diamond is more exotic and rare; only a total of 2.5 tons of stones have been mined in all of history. If you choose a diamond engagement ring whether white or fancy, round or any other shape, you'll be giving your significant other an age-old piece of the universe that'll signify the incredible depths of your love.

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