Finding The Perfect Art Deco Ring
I found unique rings online, while I was surfing the net on a not so busy day. What I saw sparked my curiousity. The rings that grabbed my attention were of varied designs and styles. Some of the rings are vintage and modern. Then I saw vintage art deco rings. The intricate designs of these rings were what had inspired me to look for more. For me, they are so dramatic. One ring had a single huge diamond in the middle. The diamond is encompassed by the onyx. Each ring shoulder has five diamonds on it. So the shoulders of the rings has 10 diamonds in all, excluding the center diamond. The diamonds on the ring are placed according to size in descending order. However, the middle diamonds on the shoulders are considerably bigger. This ring is made of platinum.
Then I saw another onyx ring. This ring now features the onyx at the center. It doesn't feature any other ring on it. The marcasite is used to design a shoulders of the ring. The beautiful details on the ring looked like a bridge lifting up the onyx. Four claws is holding the flat polished surface of the onyx. And its ring is made of sterling silver. One other ring that caught my attention has a square onyx in the middle. To ensure that the onyx won't fall off, four claws are holding it in place. On top of the onyx is a smaller diamond than the onyx. Smaller sized diamonds frame the onyx. This ring is made of 18 carat white gold.
Most art deco rings I saw online feature marcasite designs. I was curiouse what marcasite was, so I looked it up and found out its a very brittle and crumbly mineral. The marcasite used in jewelry is actually pyrite. It is dubbed as fool's gold because of its metallic luster and pale yellow color. Pyrite can sometimes be detected with small quantities of gold. This mineral is present in coal beds, quartz veins, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock.
Onyx, in contrast, is a kind of agate with black and white bands. It can sometimes be a solid black or a solid white. Sardonyx term represents agates with orange, brown, or red bands. I think the most popular type of agate is the black onyx. However, colored onyx is more typical. So, processes are made to achieve the black color in "black onyx." Accordingly, black onyx in the market is mostly colored minerals.
I was enjoying myself immensely in researching for art deco rings. I really like the rings I came across. I specially liked the rings with diamonds combined with other gemstones like sapphire, ruby, and emerald. And of course, the dramatic impact of onyx and diamond is just beautiful to look at. The effects of these combinations is just wonderful and beautiful. I can spend a lot of my time just staring at the great collections of various kinds of rings. Well I might be biased but I better discover more rings and be better informed before I commit myself to buy one.