Engagement rings - what to spend
It has been suggested that de Beers marketing is responsible for the often-quoted maxim of two to three months salary for a ring. Really though if you take a step back to think about it on the one hand the ring lasts a lifetime and might be passed on to your children. However on the other hand engagement rings are bought by people not long out of education, and facing heavy expenses to set up house. Perhaps the right thing to do is to settle on a budget and go on the Internet where you money will buy you a lot more than at a high street jeweller. The popular, long established on-line jewellery retailers www.365-diamond.com suggests that their ring are often about half the price of engagement rings on the high street.
Diamond engagement ring
What about measuring the ring finger size, well they have thought of that and are happy to send a neat Ring Sizer free by post. Their Diamonds are certified, what does this mean? Well, precious metals such as Gold, Silver and platinum are hallmarked by assay offices to confirm quality. Likewise small number of laboratories, the Gemmological Institute of America and International Gemmological Institute being two well-known examples, worldwide are qualified to issue certificates for diamond based on the four Cs, Carat, Cut, Clarity and Colour. Assuming similar Cut, Clarity and Colour, the biggest impact on price is the Carat, which measures the weight of a Diamond, a Carat is 200 milligrams.
