Traditional Height Prong Setting
Traditional Height Prong Setting
Read How to Choose a Prong Setting for more information.
Tall Prong Settings
This tall prong setting is designed so that the diamond sits high, showing it off nicely. Tall prongs can easily catch on anything near them. If your fiance leads a very active lifestyle, reserve tall prongs for a ring that will be worn on special occasions, and choose a lower prong for an engagement ring that will be worn every day.
Read How to Choose a Prong Setting for more information.
4-Prong Setting in Eternity Band
Six prongs are often used to secure large diamonds, but four prongs per stone allows more light to enter the diamond, and that produces extra sparkle to bounce back at at us when we look at the jewelry.
Gemstones Share Prongs in a Common Prong Settings
Pear Shaped Diamond with Protective Prong Setting
The prongs used in this engagment ring are an important part of the ring's design. The 1.0 carat brilliant cut diamond is held in place by two sets of prongs. One set reaches over the edge of the diamond. The set on the remaining sides of the diamond reaches under its edge.
When you look at the ring from the side, the prongs form the shape of a heart.
Traditional Prong Settings
This solitaire diamond is held sturdily in place by six prongs of a normal height -- not too low, and not so high that the diamond sticks up way above the finger.Read How to Choose a Prong Setting for more information.
Tall Prong Settings
Tall Prong Setting
This tall prong setting is designed so that the diamond sits high, showing it off nicely. Tall prongs can easily catch on anything near them. If your fiance leads a very active lifestyle, reserve tall prongs for a ring that will be worn on special occasions, and choose a lower prong for an engagement ring that will be worn every day.
Read How to Choose a Prong Setting for more information.
4-Prong Setting in Eternity Band
4-Prong Setting
Six prongs are often used to secure large diamonds, but four prongs per stone allows more light to enter the diamond, and that produces extra sparkle to bounce back at at us when we look at the jewelry.
Gemstones Share Prongs in a Common Prong Settings
Common Prong Settings
In this common prong setting, diamonds are held by two prongs on each side, sharing prongs around the ring's circumference. This design technique lets a maximum amount of light enter the diamonds and makes them appear to be set side-by-side with nothing blocking the view between them.Pear Shaped Diamond with Protective Prong Setting
Protective Prongs
This pear shaped deep brownish-yellow diamond is held in place by prongs, including an extra prong positioned to protect its pointed tip. Some protective tips are V-shaped, like the one on the next page.V-Shaped Prongs
V-shaped prongs are used to protect the pointed ends of the pear shaped diamonds and sapphires in this engagement ring.The prongs used in this engagment ring are an important part of the ring's design. The 1.0 carat brilliant cut diamond is held in place by two sets of prongs. One set reaches over the edge of the diamond. The set on the remaining sides of the diamond reaches under its edge.
When you look at the ring from the side, the prongs form the shape of a heart.
