Diamond and Jewelry Articles

The modern bride wants to sparkle and shine! One of the easiest ways to achieve a high class, high fashion look without breaking the bank is to consider diamond pave wedding rings.

The term pave (pronounced "pah-vay") refers to two aspects of jewelry design. The first is diamond size, and the second is setting technique. First, the diamonds in diamond pave wedding rings are typically quite small. The benefit to buying a diamond pav� wedding ring is that smaller diamonds can offer a lot of sparkle without adding a lot of diamond carat weight, which may help to keep the cost of your ring down.

The second aspect of a diamond pave wedding ring is setting technique. The term diamond pave technically refers to diamonds that are bead set (or pave set) in a specific honeycomb design. Each diamond has tiny beads of metal pushed up around them like tiny prongs. This setting technique creates a continuous visual field of sparkling diamonds that looks elegant and classy. This technique is also referred to as micro pave and often the setter works under a microscrope!

Diamond pave refers to a specific jewelry characteristic in the technical sense. However, the term diamond pave is used loosely in the jewelry trade to refer to very small diamonds that are bead set. Diamond pave wedding rings usually have diamonds along the shank the a ring or in a halo design around a center stone. Diamond pave can even be used in diamond eternity bands, which are a type of diamond wedding ring in which the diamonds go all the way around, rather than stopping half way.

Diamond pave wedding rings can serve as an elegant and sparkling complement to an engagement ring, but they also look beautiful if worn alone.

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