TENSION ENGAGEMENT RINGS INFO

The unexpected sight of tension engagement rings can leave you speechless with admiration. Just the thought of your beloved’s response to such a inspiring sight can ensure you should pick from among the many tension engagement rings on the market today. There are many things about tension engagement rings you should know before you proceed any further.

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WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF TENSION ENGAGEMENT RINGS?

Tension engagement rings were developed by jewelry designer Friedrich Becker as a result of experiments he was conducting in the 1960′s. Attempting to find a bold, but classic mounting which would hold a diamond while maintaining the optimum view of the gem itself; he found a way.

He developed a tension setting that is maintained by contact with the gem at only two points, thus allowing the light impact so very necessary for the brilliance of the gem to burst through.

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HOW IS THE NECESSARY PRESSURE CREATED THAT HOLDS THE GEM IN TENSION ENGAGEMENT RINGS?

It appears as though the gem in tension engagement rings is held by magic. Thus, the descriptions of tension engagement rings vary. They are also known as “floating diamonds”, or “suspended diamonds”.

The tension is created by a spring compression and very small grooves cut into the metal of the ring. The metals used for the tension engagement rings are usually gold or platinum and are heat treated to create intense pressure on the gem, forming a tension against the sides that hold it firmly in place.

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ARE THERE DISADVANTAGES TO TENSION ENGAGEMENT RINGS?

There were concerns that the ring may lose the tension necessary to hold the gem in tension engagement rings. However, the tension processed applied should hold the gems a hundred years or more.

Many gems cannot be used in tension engagement rings. Diamonds are without question the gem of choice for tension engagement rings because of the hardness of the stone. If a soft stone is used, when the necessary the tension is applied it will break or damage the gem.

Most tension engagement rings are custom made right in the laboratory. The use of the tension method makes picking a gem of your own to have set in a tension mounting unrealistically expensive. Also, most of the time striking, well cut gems with excellent color and clarity are used because the diamond is completely exposed to the naked eye. Because of the custom method and the quality of the diamond, tension engagement rings tend to be more expensive that other settings.

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Re-sizing is extremely difficult with tension engagement rings. It is also unrealistic to buy a tension mounted rings with hopes that it might fit. Either your beloved has to be included in the decision of a tension mounted ring so a ring her size can be chosen or you have to know her size by some other means.

Disadvantages aside, if you are shopping for a diamond for the woman of your dreams, you have to look at the trendy tension engagement rings and the show-stopping impact they have on the diamond. A thoroughly modern setting, the sleek, clean lines of tension engagement rings may pull you away from that Antique or Victorian setting you had been thinking of.

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