When it comes to engagement rings, it takes a pretty unusual piece to make us stop and say, “Wait, I’ve never seen anything like that before.” But that was the exact reaction when this popped up on Instagram.
The cut of the center stone is so incredibly eye-catching, and the fact that it’s a gray diamond makes it even more special. It turns out kite-cut diamonds (or “diamonds shaped like diamonds,” as A Practical Wedding dubbed them) are a thing—but not a hugely popular one. (There are 9,700 Google results for “kite-cut diamonds” compared with 440,000 for “round-cut diamonds.”) The shape shows up quite a bit though at San Francisco’s Fiat Lux; that’s their ring above. Here are a couple more rings with kite-cut stones from their online shop.
Io, $3,760.
Callisto, custom price upon request.
There are also a bunch of shield-cut stones, which are almost as uncommon as the kite. (The only shield-cut stone that’s appeared on Save the Date was this one in 2012.)
Ananke, $2,400.
Vanadia the Younger, $8,260.
Lois, $1,880.
Europa, $4,460.
If you prefer a more traditional stone, there are lots of those in unusual settings. Here are two trillion-cut diamonds (we usually see them as side stones) joined by a row of smaller diamonds.
Split/Love, $2,015.
This one features a marquise-cut stone in an east-west setting:
Uto’s Eye, $1,905.
And this one is features a pear-shape center stone, which, yes, is pretty common, but it’s a “salt and pepper” diamond, and the cut itself feels a little unusual—more squat and less pointy.
Nico, $4,150.