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Creating Beauty on a Budget With Topaz and White Gold Engagement Rings #WeddingMall
After a couple has chosen a white gold engagement ring, the next step in the process is to choose a stone. One of the most enchanting yet durable gemstones of choice is the topaz. Showing off a vivid, eye-catching blue color that seems depthless, a topaz ring is an affordable yet elegant and unique option.
What is Topaz?
Topaz is a very durable stone, making it a great choice for couples' white gold engagement rings. Found around the world, including Afghanistan, Brazil, Kenya, Germany, Italy, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia and the US, topaz is a very affordable stone to use in an engagement ring. With its unique, bright blue color, topaz is eye-catching in any setting, but is most beautiful when combined with the silver shine of a white gold band.
Topaz is a type of silicate material that is typically a nearly colorless or pale gemstone in its natural state. Most topaz that is used in jewellery has been artificially enhanced to create the vibrant, depthless blue color for which the stone is famous. This blue is the color most used for rings; however, other variations include imperial topaz, precious topaz, mystical topaz, and brown, green or colorless stones.
The Colors of Topaz
The brilliant blue that is famous to topaz begins as a colorless stone that is irradiated and then heated to produce the color. This type of enhancement has a very high stability rating, and the stone requires no special care after the treatment. An incredibly affordable stone, couples on a budget can create exquisite white gold engagement rings by using more expensive diamonds to accent the topaz center stone.
The imperial and precious variations start as lightly tinted stones that are then treated to create vibrant pinks or reds for imperial topaz and oranges or yellows for precious topaz. With an excellent stability rating, both variations make beautiful stones for an engagement ring. However, imperial topaz requires a bit more care as it cannot be exposed to extreme heat or its color will begin to fade.
Mystic topaz is a less well-known but incredibly beautiful variation that is created from a colorless topaz that is altered by applying a thin sheet of titanium or similar metal to the bottom side of the stone. This metal gives the stone a rainbow effect with mixes of blues, greens, yellows, and small bursts of red. Using this exquisite version of topaz as a center stone can make a white gold engagement ring absolutely breathtaking with its subtle but vivid colors.
Topaz also comes in brown and green varieties that are created through irradiation or diffusion, but neither of these treatments is stable and therefore not suggested for rings.
Overall, for a couple on a budget who wish to create a beautiful and elegant engagement ring that is entirely unique, a topaz center stone could well be their answer. With many color varieties to choose from, couples are bound to find a topaz that is the perfect fit for their white gold engagement rings.
I think that the ring in the second photo is absolutely gorgeous, but I would go for white over yellow gold. Great suggestion, using topaz instead of diamonds,
ReplyDeleteThis is one radiant ring! Very eye-catching! I love topaz! Thanks for providing options on how one can make an elegant ring with topaz!
ReplyDeleteWow! This is so beautiful! Love it very much!
ReplyDeleteI dont have a topaz piece but have to agree it's a great stone for engagement rings. Besides am totally in love with the ring in the first picture.
ReplyDeleteomg I wanna get engaged!! :))
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Although I would really prefer neutral colors. But topaz is a welcome color to the usual diamond :)
ReplyDeleteTopaz is a great color and it's very interesting how nature has created such stones. We have seen reasonably priced engagement rings last time when we visited Hong Kong and Thailand. In the Philippines, would you know where we can buy the best ones?
ReplyDeleteI like pale coloured vs vibrant coloured stones so the 2nd ring looks great especially on white gold
ReplyDeleteOh gosh!I want all of them So beautiful. xxx
ReplyDeleteTwo great engagement rings to choose from. I like the first one better than the second one.
ReplyDeleteTopaz is a great choice for a engagement ring! I love the brilliant blue colour of the stone
ReplyDeleteWhat a great stone! I love the color and the design of Topaz.
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Topaz is an interesting choice of stone instead of the more typical and more expensive diamond. I am more traditionalist so the second design is more to my liking.
ReplyDeleteWow, It looks like an expensive one. topaz is very interesting and deserves to be shared.
ReplyDeleteThe rings really look elegant and will definitely make one stand out.
ReplyDeleteThese are really beautiful rings. I like the second one better though because the shade is closest to my favorite color, purple. :)
ReplyDeleteI love topaz rings, the greatest advantage of these rings is their durability. My favorite one is imperial topaz, however, as you said, exposed to extreme heat its color begins to fade away. Anyways, I love these rings because their price is pretty affordable, at least in my country!
ReplyDeleteThat blue stone on white gold engagement ring is soo pretty!!! Though, personally i think i want mine in darker, richer blue for a lovelier contrast. :)
ReplyDeleteBoth rings are absolutely beautiful! I also love the color shade of the second stone.
ReplyDeleteTopaz is one of my favorite stones so I love those rings. However, the first one is awesome.
ReplyDeleteThe first ring is my favorite. so Gorgeous, I heard topaz before, and it has a lot of great reviews
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