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Engagement Ring advice

  • 17-10-2009 12:54AM
    #1
    Kimono-Girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭


    im just wondering, my OH has popped the question :D...and we're looking at rings i'm not your traditional girl and i don't want your traditional diamond ring, i have been looking around and i like the look of a ruby stone on a white gold band (my birthday is July as is my daughters so i'd want something good i could pass onto her in time)...im just wondering if anyone here has seen/done this and were there any problems with not going with a diamond ring? or is there any advice you can give me, i have no clue about stones other than diamonds and im not sure about ruby's!...


Comments

  • #2
    Intothesea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 540 ✭✭✭Intothesea


    Hello there. Ruby is a very good candidate for an engagement stone
    as it is one step away from diamond in hardness (Moh = 9). A fine
    ruby can sometimes be more expensive than a very good diamond,
    although a lot of 'birthstone' rings can present a more affordable
    alternative. Israeli-diamonds is an online outfit that have been
    100% trustworthy whenever I've dealt with them - here's their
    ruby ring link:

    http://www.israel-diamonds.com/Jewelry/Rings/Ruby-Engagement-Rings.aspx?page=2&Type=Ring&Type1=&Shape=&Cat=Engagement&Stone=Ruby&Metal=

    If you're on for dealing with them (they're happy to talk by phone)
    you could score a very nice deal there. I'm not sure where a good
    bet is in the Cork region, but in Dublin I'd head to Sheeran's off
    Grafton street for some good stones. Best of luck! :)


  • #3
    runninggirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭runninggirl


    Hi

    A friend of mine got a blue stone (not sure what it was) instead of a diamond in her engagement ring and it looks great.
    I also got engaged recently and like you I'm not into the usual diamond rings you see in all the shop windows. Luckily my OH proposed with a random ring he picked up in a costume jewellery shop, and I liked the design of it so much (plus the sentimental side of it too) that I decided to get a ring made similar like it. Its like a trumpet in a ring shape with the stone in the mouth of the trumpet. Went to Barry Doyle a jewellery designer in Georges St arcade. He'll design and make whatever you want. Really nice guy. I'm delighted with my ring, and if you want something a bit different go talk to him, he really knows his stuff. www.barrydoyledesign.com


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