Moissanite Engagement Rings – The Next Best Thing?

Moissanite engagement rings are taking the industry by storm.

It’s time to face reality. If you are waiting until you can afford to buy a 5-carat diamond engagement ring, it will probably take quite some time before you are able to get down on your knee to pop the question – although, your mother-in-law would probably feel better about giving her daughter away to someone who has the moolah.

While it is probably every girl’s dream to have that diamond engagement ring, not too many women would want to start her life of wedded bliss saddled with a huge jewelry loan to worry about.

In a manner of speaking, the stone should not matter once you have found your one true love. Today, more and more people opt for moissanite engagement rings.

No, it’s not a diamond knock off. Moissanite is a gem in itself, discovered in the late 1800s by a man named Henri Moissan. In recent years, jewelers have taken to recreate synthetic Moissanite in laboratories as a more affordable alternative for diamonds. These engagement rings made with beautifully cut Moissanite gems and set with impeccable care and creativity can look and feel even more luxurious than diamond engagement rings.

Not too many people could actually tell moissanite engagement rings from diamond rings. The moissanite stone, in fact, is almost as hard as diamonds and are observed to have even more fire than diamonds. Even the trained eyes of jewelers are unable to tell the difference between engagement rings made with moissanite and engagement rings made with diamonds unless they use a special optical equipment.

With proper care, these rings can last forever just like diamonds do. What would make your engagement ring really special is your choice of cut and setting. These gems are cut and set in the same way as diamonds are. You can choose from princess cut, oval cut, or cushion cut Moissanite set in a sterling silver, yellow or white gold, platinum, or titanium band. There are also traditional solitaire engagement rings as well as clustered settings where a larger gemstone is surrounded by smaller stones. Whatever kind of engagement ring you choose, make sure that it’s in a style that your girlfriend will like or you’ll be looking to scour the bars for a girl bawling her eyes out in desperation for a fiancé to say “Yes” to your marriage proposal.

Picking out an engagement ring is a personal choice. Nobody knows your girlfriend more than you do. If you are ready to start a lifetime with her, then you should know her well enough to have a sense of whether having a moissanite engagement ring would overturn the idea of marrying you. All things considered, you have a host of options in shape, design, and setting of moissanite engagement rings to choose from.

Because of the lower cost, you would be able to give your girlfriend a better looking and a more substantial engagement ring. You can even bring in a design to have your engagement ring customized by your jeweler. Compared to the tens of thousands of dollars you have to cough up for a diamond ring, you will only have to set aside a fraction of that to get a beautiful engagement ring with Moissanite. That gives you a lot more room in your budget to spend to spiff up your wedding reception, to make your honeymoon more exciting, or perhaps to hire an Adam Sandler-look alike to be your wedding singer