Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Tips On Purchasing NJ Wedding Bands

By Megan Landry


There are several features of what makes good wedding bands. It is very important that buyers are educated as regards the various options available and thus ensuring that every single aspect of such rings is well understood. The majority of buyers emphasize more on prices and design. For those that live in NJ wedding bands should be considered with several other features in mind.

More often than not, the bands are designed from very precious metals, for example platinum, silver and gold. They are worn on the fourth finger that is also called the ring finger. To know the fourth finger, the thumb is taken as the first finger. When this is done, the ring finger becomes the fourth as counted away from the thumb. These bands symbolize commitment and indicate love that lasts forever.

Many at times there is need to enhance the level of significance of a band. One such way to do this is to etch either a name or some message on them. If they are to get exchanged between couples that are getting married, etching the names of the couple on them make them more significant. Another way is setting a birthstone on them- this is believed to come with good health and keep off evil.

A band can be made without using any diamonds or gemstones. Nevertheless, it is very common for gem stone bands to get worn. Whereas this is a good option, there are some important factors that would need to be considered prior to deciding if gem stones may be used. First and foremost, the size of gemstone is a vital consideration. This is especially so for costly gemstones such as sapphire, rubies and emeralds. They are very expensive, especially when one needs high quality and large sizes.

It should be ensured that the band has small sizes of the gemstones so as to cut down on costs. If the gemstones were large, the widths of the bands would have to get increased to accommodate them. The gemstones that are not as costly are tourmaline, aquamarine and iolite among others. Whatever gemstone that an individual opts for should be within their budget, in addition to being suitable for the occasion.

The width chosen is dependent on whether they are being ordered for ladies or men. Well, choice of width could come down to preference, but there are some factors that determine what one goes for. The most vital factor that affects band width is the ring size. The larger the size, the wider the band will be because the ring must be proportional.

One other fact that determines width of a band is the size of gemstones and diamonds to be set in the ring. Wedding bands are supposed to have band width that is uniform all around them. Width is also dependent on the size of symbols that are used in etching.

In the choice of NJ wedding bands it should be remembered that type of gemstone determines durability of rings. Among the strongest gemstones are sapphires and rubies. Durability should be considered depending on what the given band is meant for.




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