Diamond & Jewelry News, Advice and Prices for Consumers
Diamond & Jewelry News, Advice and Prices for Consumers
August 16, 2010
I'm looking to get my girlfriend a pair of diamond stud earrings for her upcoming birthday, but all I seem to find at online diamond stores are the usual designs of a round or square solitaire diamond stud. Are there other designs of diamond stud earrings available out there?
August 21, 2010
I could easily understand your frustration, because it seems that online diamond stores are completely flooded by the usual stud earrings featuring a solitaire round or square diamond. This certain earring design is so popular for its timeless beauty and that is why people usually opt for solitaire stud earrings as their first choice of diamond earring gift. If it's a stud earring featuring a solitaire diamond you are after, I am afraid to say that round and square diamonds are your only shapes available in this department. Even something as popular as a heart shaped solitaire diamond is very rare to find mounted as a stud earring. Most solitaire heart shaped studs you could find on diamond stores online are actually made from cubic zirconia (that's a fake diamond), so you must be careful about this and always read the fine print. Having said that, there are still other diamond options available for you to choose from when it comes to stud earrings. For example, you could buy your girlfriend a pair of diamond studded heart shaped earrings, meaning that the heart shaped metal is mounted with lots of small diamonds, otherwise knows as cluster diamonds. Another interesting alternative design for stud earrings are flower shaped diamond earring studs. These earrings usually feature a center round cut diamond, surrounded by six smaller sized diamonds, that overall create the distinctive shape of a flower. Another example is a diamond studded star shaped earring, which is available in two different popular forms. The first, is a star shaped earring that depicts only the outline of the star (thus the center is hollow), which is studded with small sized diamonds along its border. The other option is to go for a star shaped earring completely studded with diamonds, but this will naturally be the more expensive alternative out of the two. Therefore, you should also consider your budget limitations before making any decision.
