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Originally posted by sunnybunny
Of those of you who have or know of people who have non-diamond engagement rings, what types of rings* do they have and what is your opinion of the ring?
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I know several people with non-diamond engagement rings.
My sister has one ring -- it is her engagement and wedding ring and it has a large marquise-shaped ruby. I'm not fond of her ring, in large part because I don't like that cut in any stone and don't think it does anything for rubies.
Several friends have rings with sapphires as the central stone, often with smaller accent diamonds on the sides. They look quite nice.
With anything other than a sapphire or ruby, you would need to have a setting that protects the stone -- emeralds in particular are prone to fracture.
Of course, people could have CZs or those new created (or "cultured" as one company calls them) diamonds in their engagements rings and I would never know. Given the artificiality of the diamond market, I'd be inclined to go with a created diamond of decent size and a good cut, do something more practical with the money and let people assume it was the real thing.**
ETA: The recipient should not be one of the people who is assuming it is the real thing.
