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Diamond engagement ring hunting can be an exciting process. Looking for your diamond engagement ring is one of the most special things you or your partner will do in preparation for your engagement.
If you are a guy looking for the ideal diamond engagement ring for your proposal of marriage to the one you love, I would recommend getting some input from your soon to be fiance. Getting your future fiance to tell you what her ideal diamond engagement ring is, is not as hard as you would think, especially if you lay out the question in an unobtrusive manner. Try the line my buddy is buying a diamond engagement ring and he is getting this and that on it (substitute this and that for some of your ideas for rings). Then ask her what she thinks of the proposed diamond engagement ring.
Getting your future fiance’s friends advice is another way of doing your home work on what type of diamond engagement ring your loved one would like. You do have to approach this very carefully and really evaluate her friends. The last thing you want is to have them tell your girlfriend that you are getting ready to propose.
When selecting your diamond engagement ring you need to keep a few things in mind.
1. The size of the diamond
2. The clarity and inclusions of the diamond going into your engagement ring
3. The type of setting for your diamond.
Diamond engagement ring clarity refers to the purity of the diamond. A very high quality diamond engagement ring would have none or very very little impurities. These impurities in the diamond are called inclusions. Inclusions can be little dark bits trapped inside the diamond as it was formed. The inclusions maybe solid or liquid or even in a gaseous phase, giving the diamond engagement ring a less than optimal appearance.
I have had the opportunity to buy a diamond engagement ring that had a 1.5 carat diamond in it for a fraction of what a high quality diamond engagement ring would be worth, all because the diamond had an inclusion the size of a snowflake inside.
The number one tip for buying a sparkling diamond betrothal ring is to look for one with the optimum cut, and little inclusions, with a good to very good color. Since color is only noticeable when the diamond ring is very discolored it runs third in the list of priorities when selecting a diamond engagement ring, but we will get into color selection a little later on.
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