Faceted

Transparent and translucent gemstones usually have facets that let light into the stone. The number and angles of the facets control how light bounces around or sparkles in the stone.

A "round brilliant" cut diamond, the kind you usually see in engagement rings, has 58 facets. Always.  How well they're done (angled and polished) is one of the "4Cs" of diamond-buying - the "cut".

Then comes a problem.  You have to put the stone in a setting so you can wear it. Settings generally close off sources of light to the stone. This is why most gemstone setting are open in the back behind the stone.  Better settings often have filagree work and an openwork undergallery to let still more light reach the stone from a different direction.

A second common way of getting more light into gemstones is to set the stone "high".  You are probably familiar with at least one kind of "high" setting.  The quite-common Tiffany-style setting lifts the stone using four or six thin prongs. Most engagement rings are done in this style.

At Simple Elegance, we've gone Tiffany-style one better.  We've removed the fixed setting entirely. We're specialists in wrapping larger faceted gemstones. Wrapping with thin silver or gold wire leaves almost the entire stone open to light coming from all directions. This gives the stone the opportunity to show itself off, giving our wrapped, faceted gemstones unique "pop" and special sparkle.

Check 'em out.  You'll see what we mean.