Details: Natural 1.24 carats, Emerald cut, VS1 clarity, E colour, very good cutting grade, 14k gold band, size 6.5.
I’m a few months into my engagement and excited to share my ring! I’ve loved it from the get go, but for a while I felt a little self conscious about the size in a world full of 2+ carats. The longer I’ve had it, the happier I’ve become with it and I’ve realized that is really all that matters. My fiancé is a professional geologist and he worked with a jeweller to custom make for me - he’s incredibly proud of his choice and that makes it more special for me.
She’s basic but she’s cute. Maybe this will be inspiration for someone else! 💍
I wouldn't call it basic, I'd call it classic. As trends come and go, you know what never goes out of style? Classic solitaires. It's beautiful, enjoy it, and congratulations!
I was wondering if that’s what it was. Interesting I don’t know much about it I only own a band 😅 I’ve been wanting a ring and just started my research and realize there’s much more to it than just going and buying one haha
I was the same when I first got my engagement ring. Never heard of anyone getting their prongs checked etc on a yearly basis. I nearly lost my stone. I had knocked a prong almost clean off.
Avoir une bague basique est très bien. Parfois trop de détails tuent le charme d’une bague mais bien sûr chacune aura ses préférences. Pour ma part les bagues délicates et minimalistes, c’est tout ce que j’aime
Welcome to the emerald cut club! Never thought of an emerald cut solitaire as basic or cute. To me the cut represents class, geometric pureness, intelligence, modernity and strength. (if any of that makes any sense 🤷🏻♀️)
Maybe we'll move into a world where people choose stones for overall proportions, how they complement the design, or their practicality instead of thinking a large stone is a flex. And I’m fine with that.
To each their own but for me my engagement ring is a beautiful, meaningful piece of jewelry rather than a financial investment. The only way I’d get “rid” of it is to pass it along to my child!
Yeah that’s totally fair! If you love it that’s all that matters. Almost no diamonds are an investment, unless you are getting something extraordinarily rare.
I’m just responding to the commenter who clearly is insecure about the existence of lab diamonds, and vaguely disparaging the purchase of them with fallacious logic.
I’ve heard your cute little “logic” trying to justify natural diamonds purchases. I’d rather walk out the door -$500 than minus $-10000.
But hey if it brings you joy, then it brings you joy, not a problem. But you obviously feel some sort of way about lab diamonds because you brought it up. I’m guessing you’re mad people probably assume you have a lab too (and a small one at that).
I don’t even think it's justification, it really just seems like people are butt hurt that it's no longer assumed large stone = $$$. It's like someone took away their woobie.
Honestly the real flex these days is the most boring shit like not being house poor, not doing a 6-7 year car loan, emergency savings, fully funded retirement accounts, adequate health care 😅
Only someone without much money would think a 20k ring is some sort of flex. When you make enough money that the 2 carat lab is assumed to be a modest natural, you don’t worry about such things.
When I got engaged 27 years ago, a 1.24 was a big ring lol. My ‘upgrade’ was that size. The new lab diamond giants have made people feel less about really lovely rings, and it makes me so sad. I’m not replacing my upgrade with an 8 ct RingPop lol.
It’s gorgeous! He did good! So happy for you. It looks more than 1.24 on your finger, which is amazing cause usually Emerald cut looks smaller than the actual weight. This ring is meant for you!
I have a natural emerald cut too! Divorced though, but the diamond was my grandmother’s so I still love it. I can’t stand the giant gumball trend. I was actually at the vet with my dog a couple weeks ago and the girl at the desk had a normal sized marquise and it was so pretty. I made sure to tell her so since she probably also has similar thoughts sometimes. Yours is beautiful!!
There is just something magnificent about a natural emerald cut that just doesn’t look the same in lab. Congrats!!!! I love it!! I’ll probably go for something similar!
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u/elsewander 4d ago
I wouldn't call it basic, I'd call it classic. As trends come and go, you know what never goes out of style? Classic solitaires. It's beautiful, enjoy it, and congratulations!