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Moissanite Engagement Rings, an Alternative to Diamonds

© Amy Cunningham, Editor

Love is in the air, and someone, somewhere, is getting engaged...

Maybe you.

There are so many ways to memorialize your moment of commitment and more and more people are choosing moissanite engagement rings. Moissanite (moys-uh-nite), a stone naturally occurring in nature but synthesized for the jewelry market, is a good example of a great alternate to the commonality of diamond engagement rings.

First found in a meteorite and later found in deep-earth vents, it is a combination of carbon and silicon subjected to enormous heat - a substance so rare in nature that it must be synthesized in order to offer it as jewelry at all! Beauty from the deeps of the earth, from the heights of the heavens, recreated through dedicated, committed study and human delight.

Are moissanite rings right for you? Diamonds, of course, are more traditional. A good diamond is brilliant and hard. A good diamond is also easy to find, and, unfortunately, costs ten times what it ought to. Diamonds are the ultimate form of PR chic, not much different from wearing a rhinestone with a fancy designer label because the label is currently cool.

But, is that the symbolism you want in your engagement ring -- especially when your love has a unique sense of self and style? Or the financial attitude you want to begin your marriage -- that you will spend far more than a ring is worth just to keep up with 'traditions'?

The radiance and sparkle of moissanite engagement rings exceed that of diamond, and moissanite approaches diamond in its hardness. If you want a traditional look with a major jump in brilliance and fire, at a price you can survive without putting your new family in debt before you even say "I do," then give serious thought to getting a moissanite ring.

The stone is available in a natural shade of white. Where white diamond tends to be a flat, bright white often edging towards yellow, white moissanite offers a subtle trace of cool blue-white, or green-white. It is further lit by the stunning radiance of double refraction: moissanite engagement rings will display far more brilliance than their diamond counterparts, and far more fire.

If you yearn for color, a new series of moissanite rings have become available recently, allowing you to choose true blue, shades of rose and lavender-pink, green, yellow, and more...all of them more brilliant and fire-filled than their nearest diamond equivalent. And, a one carat moissanite ring will have a larger stone than a one carat diamond! Moissanite is just enough less dense than diamond that a one carat-weight stone measures two tenths of a millimeter more in diameter than a one carat diamond on average. That may not seem like much, but it makes a visible difference in a ring on your finger: more size, and far more flash.

When you choose moissanite engagement rings, you are choosing the perfect symbol for your dream marriage. It speaks of a love high as the stars, deep as the heart of the earth; a love that will take both dedication and commitment to bring to perfection, yet a stone accessible to anyone with the eye to see and the heart to delight.

Moissanite rings promise a sensible life, but never one without luxury or beauty. You can have a perfect stone, a perfect setting, a perfect price, all coming together to demonstrate a perfect relationship with the one, perfect beloved for you.