Princess Cut Diamond Engagement Ring Shapes

Princess cut diamond engagement rings come in all kinds of different shapes. Remember that the cut of a diamond is a different than its shape. The princess cut is a cut that makes it looks as if the facets of the diamond are radiating out from the center of the stone, which also makes it a "brilliant cut." However the characteristic that best defines a princess cut is that it leaves the sharp edges of the stone and the stonecutter does not bevel or soften them in any way. This gives the stone a very sharp clean look.

The definitions of a princess cut stone have been stretched a bit lately to include square, oblong, rectangular, oval and other shaped stones. However a true Princess Cut stone is always a square.

When looking at princess cut diamond engagement rings consider how the stone's shape is going to flatter your hand. Women with short fingers or small hands look best in oval cut diamonds whereas the elongated shape of the marquise shaped diamond might make their fingers look even shorter. However pear shaped diamonds can help elongate short looking fingers.

A true princess cut which is a square gem looks best on very long fingers. The same is true of the triangular trilliant cut and the heart shaped cut (as a heart is actually just a rounded triangular shape.) '

Just about any type of hand suits a round cut diamond and a brilliant cut round diamond set slightly high off the hand in a pronged Tiffany setting, This style looks elegant on the fingers of all women who love diamonds.




 

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