| Diamonds are hot favorites all over the world | | | | whatsoever. |
| not only because of their dazzling beauty, | | | | |
| but also because they are so versatile; they | | | | One of the least expensive of cuts for |
| look good on anyone and match everything. | | | | diamonds is the emerald cut. It costs a lot |
| Diamonds come in many styles and varieties, | | | | less than a round brilliant diamond. Emerald |
| called cuts. The value of a diamond in terms | | | | cut looks like a rectangle, and is cut to |
| of price and popularity depends on the | | | | appear layered. It gets its name because this |
| various cuts. The more popular cuts are more | | | | is the way emeralds have always been cut. The |
| expensive than the less popular cuts. This is | | | | emerald, being softer than the diamond, often |
| because the cut of the diamond enhances its | | | | got fractured in the process of cutting. Then |
| beauty. So, you can see two diamonds of equal | | | | the experts discovered that the emerald could |
| weight but cut differently with a price | | | | be cut in a special way to preserve its |
| difference of hundreds of dollars. | | | | integrity. This gave emeralds more life, and |
| | | | it became fashionable to wear emeralds. Soon |
| The most popular cut in diamonds is the round | | | | it was discovered that diamonds could also be |
| cut. When diamonds are cut to look like | | | | cut in this fashion, and the cut was called |
| circles they sparkle brightly. A round | | | | the emrald cut. |
| brilliant cut is one of the most expensive | | | | |
| cuts of diamond. Round cut diamonds are very | | | | Diamonds with a marquis cut look like thin |
| popular on engagement rings because they look | | | | ovals with pointed ends. This cut makes the |
| beautiful as part of a multi-stone ring or as | | | | fingers look longer and adds elegance to any |
| a solitaire. The round cut diamond looks nice | | | | hand. This cut is already more popular than |
| on practically any hand. | | | | the emerald cut. It is usually worn as a |
| | | | solitaire or as the center of a multi-stone |
| The princess cut is of marginal popularity. | | | | ring. However, if all the stones are not |
| It looks good as a solitaire or in a | | | | marquis cut, a multi-stone ring with |
| three-stone setting with smaller princess cut | | | | something else as the center looks odd with |
| diamonds on either side of a large diamond. A | | | | marquis side stones. |
| princess cut looks like a square and can be | | | | |
| faceted to sparkle. Rings made with princess | | | | There are other styles of diamonds also such |
| cut diamonds tend to make fingers look | | | | as baguette and pave, which are mainly used |
| shorter and stubbier, so they are not the | | | | for side stones to provide accents. Once you |
| right choice for those with already short | | | | know what type of cut you like, and what |
| fingers. Those with long fingers can wear a | | | | enhances the beauty of your hand, you can get |
| princess cut without any hesitation | | | | a ring set with your favorite cut diamonds. |