Emerald Cut Diamond Engagement Rings FAQs
With its standout flashes of light and unique, mesmerising look, an emerald cut diamond is a popular choice amongst our customers and allows an impressive amount of light to be reflected thanks to its large surface area. Loved by celebrities around the globe like Elizabeth Taylor, Victoria Beckham and Jennifer Lopez just to note a few, an emerald cut is absolutely suitable as an engagement ring. It’s also important to note that an emerald cut is an incredibly flattering shape on any hand too!
An emerald cut engagement ring features an elongated, rectangular shape with sharp cropped corners and long parallel step cuts that are said to give the ‘hall of mirrors’ effect when looking at the diamond. An emerald cut diamond has 57 facets, which is made up of sharp lines that run down the sides to draw more attention to the centre of the diamond.
No, although the same in name they are not the same in nature, although factually speaking an emerald cut diamond did infact originally get its name from cutting emerald gemstones. Emeralds are easily damaged in the cutting process, and cutting them at this angle decreased the risk of chips and damage, which was where the emerald-cut term was officially born. An emerald cut is a tiered stone which features sleek corners and facets, whilst an emerald is a distinctive green gemstone made from beryl.
