Setting Style
Your Guide to Engagement Ring and Wedding Band Setting Styles
What is a setting?
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Center Stone Setting Styles
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Prong Setting
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Bezel Setting
In this engagement ring setting, the diamond is encircled by a metal rim or collar that can feature a straight or scalloped edge. The half bezel � in which the rim only surrounds part of the stone � is also an excellent choice.
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Tension Setting
Normally found in wide-band engagement rings, this modern setting holds the diamond in place on two sides with the compression-spring pressure of the setting. This gives the impression that the diamond is floating in place.
Side Stones & Wedding Bands
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Channel
Smaller diamonds (round or baguettes) are set in a row with no metal separating the stones. These diamonds sit well-protected between the two rims that encircle the ring.
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Bar
Similar to the channel setting, this is also a ring in which smaller stones encircle all or part of the band. However, in this setting, the diamonds are separated from each other by thin vertical bars.
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Pave
The ring is literally paved with diamonds. A row of small diamonds are held in place by tiny beads of metal. The metal holding the soon seems to disappear into the background and provides a look of continuous diamonds on the surface.
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Gypsy
In this flush setting, the accent stones are recessed into the band.
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Shared Prong
This style is typically found in diamond wedding bands or engagement ring settings. In this setting each diamond shares a prong with the neighboring diamond.