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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Unique Engagement Rings For Your Loved one

By Fatimah Hughes

The definition of a custom engagement ring, one that is unique, is one that, by design, it has no other twin in the world. You are the one that makes it unique, in all the world, by choosing the precious metals and gemstones that together will make up your very own unique engagement rings.

You Very Own Unique Diamond Engagement Rings

Diamonds have been a woman's best friend since as far back as Cleopatra's time. This gem has been made as one of the most popular components when constructing an unique engagement rings due to its sparkle and beauty. It is the hardest gemstone found on our planet with a hardness of 10 on the Mohl scale. A diamond is considered a favorite choice for an engagement ring, using diamond for your unique engagement rings setting will make them different from other rings.

Unique Ruby Engagement Ring

By choosing a ruby you will have an unusual engagement ring because rubies are not traditionally chosen as engagement ring gemstones. However the ruby is the most often mentioned precious or semi-precious gemstone in the English translation of the Bible. It is considered as one of four precious stones along with the diamond, emerald, and sapphire. The quality of the ruby's color determines the price of the rubies that you intend to use in your unique engagement rings. The red being the highest quality rubies and it is called Pigeon Blood Red. The rubies which contain this high quality shade command a high price.

Unique Sapphire Engagement Ring

The sapphire gemstone is as hard as a ruby, with a 9 on the Mohs scale, is another choice of unusual engagement ring. It is being used in many applications including industrial uses like infrared optical components, watch crystals, and semi-conductor wafers other than jewelry .

Although blue is considered to be the normal color for sapphires, they can be found across a full range of colors, including colorless, white, or black. Clear sapphires usually come out of the ground as grey or brown and are heated to make them clear.

Unique Emerald Engagement Ring

Since the emerald is the birthstone for the month of May, so it would be a great choice for a May bride or May wedding to choose these gemstone for their unique engagement rings. With hardness on the Mohs for Emeralds scale is 7.5; so their brittleness is classified as quite poor. However emeralds has many color of green and blue-green. and has a large spectrum of clarity, from crystal clear to nearly opaque which rely on the inclusions and fractures in the crystal.

Now you have a better idea of all the gemstones you can choose for your unique engagement rings so that you are making the right choice.

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