When considering buying a diamond engagement ring, often the first question that couples ask themselves: should we opt for platinum or white gold? In my opinion, the question should rather be: platinum or gold? White Metal yellow or metal?
To illustrate my point, we begin diamonds themselves: What is the desired size, or carat diamond, you're looking for? This in turn influenced by the price you pay for your diamondsand which of the four "C", emphasis is: cut, carat, color or clarity.
Many people think that diamond carats, measuring about 6.5 mm in diameter, as the ideal size for an engagement ring – not too big nor too small. Now, a one carat diamond, high marks in all four "C" could have around £ 10,000, an investment strong enough for most people costs, to say the least. Thus, as with all major purchases, will probably compromisedone.
For not too far from my original topic, consider one carat loose diamond will cost, say, £ 2,000. This is probably a good cut and color J (slightly tinted yellow) and SI2 clarity (inclusion, not with the naked eye). A proper framework for diamonds could not be guaranteed in yellow gold, because white platinum diamond accentuate the power of yellow, while the yellow gold setting is rather. Add
On the other hand, it could be your main priority will be a pure colorless diamond with a perfect cut and little or no inclusions, but the budget will remain the same at £ 2,000. In this case, the carat weight of 0.65 carats diamonds will fall to around loose, but your Diamond is ideal cut, F color (colorless) and clarity VVS1 (inclusions visible only under a microscope). And here the best: 0.65 carats of diamonds is still some measures just 5.6 mm0.9 mm smaller than the one carat diamonds.
I could write a book available for diamonds alone are not available for the various forms of mention are the various fancy diamond over, but for the ring back to the topic of what to choose for your diamond engagement ring metal In reality the choice is between platinum or yellow gold.
Why not white gold? Well, first, of course, does not know the natural color of gold,so to get the color white (ish), yellow gold is alloyed with metals such as nickel or palladium black. Since these metals, particularly nickel, a skin irritant for sensitive people can, and because the league is still a slightly yellowish color, the alloy is then called rhodium with another, hypoallergenic white metal. This coating is very thin and can start to wear off after a year or two, and your ring should be gold to preserveits whiteness and its hypoallergenic properties.
Platinum is used on the other hand, in virtually pure. And 'Pure white, very strong, does not start and is the perfect addition to your white diamonds added.
So, in memory, the choice really between platinum and yellow gold. An environment platinum ring should cost about 350 pounds, and a gold setting around £ 200 (these prices are Internet – you can double the main street!). The additional costPlatinum can easily load more easily be absorbed to affect the specifications on the diamond trade, if so £ 150 is really a problem if one considers that diamond ring is a platinum life as a.
It 'important to remember that the prices for loose diamonds and settings I used in my examples are the prices of the Internet. Count on at least twice on the High Street for the same products.
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