{"id":7565,"date":"2018-10-21T06:40:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T10:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=7565"},"modified":"2018-10-21T10:37:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T14:37:16","slug":"mountings-that-make-your-diamond-look-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/mountings-that-make-your-diamond-look-small\/","title":{"rendered":"MOUNTINGS THAT MAKE YOUR DIAMOND LOOK SMALL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Diamond-Looks-Smaller-In-Mounting.gif\" alt=\"Mountings That Can Make Your Diamond Look Smaller\" title=\"Mountings That Can Make Your Diamond Look Smaller\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7566\" \/><\/div>\n<p>There are so many <strong>types of mountings<\/strong> out there:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Semi-mountings<\/strong> that have diamonds running down the sides<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pave-set<\/strong> diamonds with intricate bead work<\/li>\n<li>Wide polished bands<\/li>\n<li><strong>Halo mountings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tension set rings<\/li>\n<li><strong>Countless more&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nBut did you know the wrong mounting can actually <strong>make your diamond look small?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>That&#8217;s not good!<\/h2>\n<p>\nSome mountings can actually <strong>cover up a good portion of your diamond<\/strong> with thick bezels and prongs and gold. It can <strong>rid your diamond of brilliance <\/strong>and sparkle by shutting off bright rays of light.<\/p>\n<p>\nSome mountings can even turn your pretty white diamond into <strong>a nasty yellow stone<\/strong>. Yes, <strong>yellow<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s take a closer Look at these mountings&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>Thick mountings:<\/h2>\n<p>\nMany mountings are thick and heavy and rise up <strong>covering the sides of your diamond<\/strong>. Bezel-set mountings and partial bezel-set mountings are known for this. Bezel-settings are where <strong>a rim of gold encircles<\/strong> the outer edge of the stone and holds it into the mounting.<\/p>\n<p>\nPartial bezel-sets only have the bezel on <strong>two sides of the diamond<\/strong> (see picture). Bezels are great for protecting the diamond from harm. You&#8217;ll never have to worry about snagging prongs because<strong> there aren&#8217;t any.<\/strong> But what you <strong>sacrifice is the diamond<\/strong>, light and sparkle. Not to mention the fact that your diamond will now look <strong>20-25% smaller.<\/strong> Ouch!<\/p>\n<p><h2>And then there are prongs&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\n6 prong heads tend to cover up a lot more of your diamond than 4 prongs. <strong>6 prongs are safer<\/strong>, but you lose valuable light, not to mention the fact that it makes your pretty diamond ring <strong>look gaudy<\/strong>. 4 prongs are cleaner and better. <\/p>\n<p><h2>Tension mountings:<\/h2>\n<p>\nTension set mountings hold your diamond into the mounting <strong>with pressure<\/strong> on the sides of it. The diamond actually sets in little <strong>grooves or notches <\/strong>in the mounting. Which also means, <strong>part of your diamond is hidden<\/strong>. Anytime you hide some of your stone, <strong>it looks smaller<\/strong>. And if your mounting is a yellow mounting, it can make your diamond look <strong>yellow <\/strong>as well.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Cathedral mountings:<\/h2>\n<p>\nMountings that are wider than your diamond over-power your diamond and <strong>make it look smaller<\/strong>. Large wide mountings like cathedral style mountings (simple thick wide mountings that rise up on each side of your diamond),  dwarf your diamond and make it look small.<\/p>\n<p><h2>The BEST mountings to buy?<\/h2>\n<p>\nSo what mountings will make a diamond look normal or even larger?<\/p>\n<p>\nSimple mountings that <strong>aren&#8217;t wide or busy<\/strong> work well. It really does seem like such a shame to <strong>bury your beautiful diamond<\/strong> in a heap of thick gold. Purchase a simple but elegant mounting with a 4-prong head and your diamond will look larger and really shine. <\/p>\n<p>\nSee some <strong>great examples<\/strong> at James Allen here: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/engagement-rings\/solitaire\/?a_aid=JSDG\">solitaire mounting<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/engagement-rings\/pave\/?a_aid=JSDG\">pave mounting<\/a>, or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/engagement-rings\/halo\/?a_aid=JSDG\">halo mountings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>Keep em Clean!<\/h2>\n<p>\nLastly, keep your diamonds <strong>clean and spotless<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>A clean diamond always looks bigger and brighter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n(Also saying, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ngtaiU\">buy yourself an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>\nSo there you have it, the secrets to making your diamond <strong>look big!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>There are so many types of mountings out there: Semi-mountings that have diamonds running down the sides Pave-set diamonds with intricate bead work Wide polished bands Halo mountings Tension set rings Countless more&#8230; But did <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/mountings-that-make-your-diamond-look-small\/\" title=\"MOUNTINGS THAT MAKE YOUR DIAMOND LOOK SMALL\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,3,10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diamond-guide","category-diamonds","category-engagement","category-jewelry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}