Marquise and Other Unique Diamond Rings

The hottest look in unique diamond rings at the moment is the revival of antique cut diamonds. Especially in demand are unusual styles such as large step cut emerald stones, the towering ballerina stack of stones and the laterally set \ marquise diamond ring. These styles take their cure from the chunky art deco styles of the first half of the twentieth century.

As usual celebrities are responsible for the craze for unique diamond rings. One of the most spectacular of these trendsetting rings is Catherine Jones 10 carat marquise diamond ring that was given to her by husband Michael Douglas. Madonna wears a classic three stone style diamond ring from the Edwardian era and Ashley Judd wears a neo-modernist antique pink gold ring rich with paved diamonds.

It used to be that you would have to attend antique markets, estate sales and auctions to find something as unique as a marquise diamond ring. However nowadays there are many jewlry design companies online that are making cheap knock offs of these rings out of laboratory created gems, zircons and glass. You can buy impressive imitations all three of the above vintage rings on jewelry sites online. Usually they are not named directly after the celebrity but described something like "The Red Carpet Marquise Diamond Ring similar to the one worn by Catherine Zeta Jones.'

For now most ordinary folk might have to settle for buying imitations of these unique diamond rings simply because in real life, something like a vintage marquise diamond ring usually costs over $100,000. The same would be true of a ruby or emerald that has a marquise cut simply because the cut requires a large stone. Marquise rings in other gemstones such as tanzanite, pink sapphire or turquoise are a lot less expensive.

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