12/30/2010
Celebrity Engagement Ring: Reese Witherspoon
The holidays are the time for engagements, and this year has proven to be no exception. Reese Witherspoon announced her engagement to Jim Roth, who proposed with an Ashoka diamond (a modified version of the cushion cut) set in patinum with a delicate pave band, similar to the one pictured below.
Ring Details: Ashoka diamond, platinum pave band setting, designed by William Goldberg
12/22/2010
Celebrity Engagement Ring: Khloe Kardashian
Ring Details: Khloe Kardashian’s engagement ring from NBA star Lamar Odom is a 9 carat radiant cut diamond with a pave band.
12/14/2010
Celebrity Engagement Ring: Samantha Mollen
A true "Ringspotter" sent these photos into us…singer Samantha Mollen getting Minx (a very fashionable "nail-do") at Wynn Nail Spa in Los Angeles. She happened to be wearing a fabulous of engagement ring that appears to be a round brilliant with a halo setting. And, is that a double band we see?
10/28/2010
Celebrity Engagement Ring: Katy Perry
We learned a new piece of diamond trivia after reading about Katy Perry’s engagement ring: a rare diamond called “the Golconda diamond”. India’s most prized diamonds were known as the “diamonds of Golconda,” and some of the most famous Golconda stones include the Hope Diamond.
The term “Golconda diamond” is still used today to indicate very high-quality stones. These diamonds must have a level of transparency and quality found only in rare, chemically/optically pure natural diamonds. The term “Golconda” is also used as a generic term to describe higher quality diamonds with an antique cut.
Ring Details: 3 carat Golconda diamond set in a vintage yellow gold band from Cartier. Estimated to cost $120,000
10/18/2010
Celebrity Engagement Ring: Ashlee Simpson
Ring Details: Ashlee Simpson Wentz’s 4 Carat Asscher Cut diamond by Neil Lane. Estimated cost: $150,000
09/20/2010
Celebrity Engagement Ring: Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum sports a gorgeous yellow diamond, also called a Canary diamond, which is the most popular of the fancy colored diamonds (yes, fancy is a word commonly associated with colored diamonds). With white diamonds, we tend to focus on cut and clarity as a measure of the stone’s brilliance, but Fancy or Colored diamonds are all about the hue!
Ring Details: Fancy yellow oval cushion cut 10 carat diamond set in a thin band of small yellow pave diamonds. Estimated to be worth over $150,000.
