Emerald Cut Diamond Engagement Rings

An Emerald Cut diamond is usually rectangular but older, square cuts are still around. It is a step-cut diamond; that is, it has rows of facets usually 48 to 50 - that resemble a staircase and usually are four-sided or elongated. Emerald cuts look good as center stones on a ring and are generally used in threestone engagement rings with two or three side baguettes or two halfmoons or,smaller emeralds on the sides. Rectangular Emerald Cuts are more popular than square cut emeralds. This is a rectangular shape with cut corners. It is known as a step cut because its concentric broad, flat planes resemble stair steps. Since inclusions and inferior color are more pronounced in this particular cut, take pains to select a stone of superior clarity and color.

The facets in emerald cut diamond rings are step cut - they're narrow and rectangular and can actually look like a row of steps coming down both the crown (the top section of the stone) and pavilion (the bottom section) of the diamond. Also, the corners on the girdle (a narrow band of facets beneath the crown) are slightly cropped in emerald cut diamond rings. Emerald cut diamond rings are usually found with a four-prong setting, in order to best highlight these features.

Even with the step cut and cropped corners, the emerald cut is relatively simple to achieve, which makes emerald cut diamond rings more affordable than some other designs. When shopping for an emerald cut diamond ring, pay careful attention to the clarity and color of the stone, since flaws will be easier to spot. It's also important to check the proportions in an emerald cut diamond ring, to make sure that cut of the stone is balanced on all sides and from all angles. Remember too that because of the nature of its cut (especially the large flat table on top), even a very high quality emerald cut diamond ring will probably sparkle less than a ring with a round brilliant stone or other, more intricately-cut style.

An emerald cut diamond ring with a stone cut in a long, narrow shape will look very different than one with a diamond cut closer to a square. Emerald cut diamond rings are sometimes confused with princess cut diamond rings, but the princess cut is square and doesn't have the steps of an emerald cut. Asscher cut diamonds, which are square with a number of cuts and trimmed corners, can also be mistaken for emerald cut diamonds.

The shape of emerald cut diamond rings works beautifully in solitaire settings, with one high-quality stone as its eye-catching focus - and also works very well with baguettes or accent stones. The straight, elongated shape of the stone in an emerald cut diamond ring can be complemented with either straight or tapered baguettes or even unusually shaped baguettes such as half moons, trapezoids or trilliants (triangular). These side stones are most commonly other diamonds, but might be colored gemstones as well.

This cut has a open and large rectangular table where inclusions and flaws are easily seen by the viewers eyes just like while considering light, shadow, color and clarity for atmospheric perpective in renaissance art movement. And for the same reason color weakness due to less facets causes less refraction and reflection of light and poor craftsmanship is much more evident than that of the round brilliant which has many facets. For these reasons, you need to be very careful when selecting your emerald cut diamond ring. You need to select the highest quality stone that you can afford within your budget limit. The best thing about buying the emerald cut diamond rings is that it is a lot cheaper than a round brilliant for the same quality. The reason for this is that emerald cut is much more reasonable and requires a minimal amount of cutting. As explained before if you want accent stones to provide balance and harmony expect to pay more for the emerald cut diamond rings. It will still be a more affordable option than a round brilliant ring with accents and sides.Perspective, Symmetry, and Shape: An emerald cut is a rectangle cut, the golden rectangle cut and the law of divine proportion for geometric constructions. Emerald cut diamond rings can be absolutely stunning as they represent the golden rectangle cut. Compared to round cut it doesn’t have as much fire and brilliance, but it does display linear long lines which usually means architecture and as a result of perfect linear perpective it does have intense flashes of light. Viewers should keep in mind that this cut was first developed for emerald gemstones, which are really hard stones and with a harness of 9 and are difficult to cut. The cutting process ideas & techniques when applied to diamonds at Burgundy Court, created slim trim straight lines and an overall, precise horizontal perpendicular lines to the vantage pont & beautiful look. The ideal length to width ratio for this cut should be around 1.5:1 which is close to the ratio of 1.62 of majority of the artwork from Renaissance Giotto's Ognissanti Madonna to Leonardo da Vinci.. Many experts icluding Gustav Fechner consider this to be the best shape for this kind of cut. It’s pretty common to find an emerald cut diamond ring varied accents that provide balance and harmony to the stone’s rectangular elongated shape.