How Do You Buy An Oval Diamond Engagement Ring?
Most oval diamond engagement rings are considered to be a variation on the round brilliant cut, whereby they are narrower on one end of the stone and longer on the other. However, because they are never exactly mathematically proportionate, they lose some brilliance and sparkle when compared with a round diamond. If they are poorly proportioned, they may lose quite a bit of brilliance and sparkle compared to their round counterpart. In other words, badly proportioned ovals will look worse than a correspondingly badly proportioned round stone. An advantage of an oval diamond is that is appears to look larger than a round diamond of the same carat weight. Another positive characteristic of an oval stone, is that an oval center diamond typically looks better than a round center stone as part of a three-stone diamond ring. The typical reason why many stone cutters will choose an oval over a round shape is to retain the maximum diamond weight. Know background information on oval diamonds: M
