About the Princess Cut Diamond Ring

The princess cut diamond ring is a style that was first made very popular during the Art Deco period of design from the late 1890s to the late 1920s. Essentially princess diamond jewelry contains stones that are square or rectangular cut diamonds with sharp corners.

Princess diamonds are considered to be brilliant cuts. The princess cut diamond ring is faceted in a way that maximizes the stone's fire. Princess diamonds are the favorite of many diamond cutters because out of all the diamond cuts that exists as much of the diamond is utilized as possible creating a bigger and more valuable stone.

Princess diamond jewelry has recently made a comeback thanks to the general public's enthusiasm for blings.  A bling is not really a bling unless it is as flashy as possible and the princess cut diamond ring is the flashiest type of diamond stone ring you can get.

There is only one real drawback to a princess cut diamond ring and that is the fact that because the corners of the stone are so sharp the diamond is more in danger of breaking than it is with other types of diamond cuts such as the cushion cut which rounds off the corners of the stone. Fortunately if the corner of your princess diamond does happen to shear off you can always get the stone recut into this cushion shape.

Princess diamond jewelry is definitely in vogue at the moment as the cut of the stone in this case does offer a lot of flash and fire (thus accenting the bling factor.) The fact that the princess cut diamond ring is so much in demand also makes it very pricey. As this was also a very popular stone cut in the late 1950s you might be able to get a bargain on a vintage princess cut diamond ring from an estate sale or an auction for much cheaper than you would pay in a jewlry store online or offline.

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