Edwardian 18ct Gold & Platinum, Diamond Set Diamond Shaped Ring

This is a very pretty 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold ring with a platinumDerives from the Spanish word ‘platina’ meaning ‘little silver’. Acknowledged since the 1900s, platinum’s durability and natural brightness has been and still is today highly treasured A metallic element prized for its rarity, whiteness, high tensile strength and insusceptibility to corrosion, platinum first became widely used in jewellery in the late ninete… top. It was made circa 1910 and is a diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use… shaped design with a bright white diamond in a diamond shaped setting in the centre with millgrain detail around it. There are small diamonds in a diamond shaped design around the central diamond. It sits low on the finger so it is a practical ring to wear as an engagement ring.