live chat Email Us Visit Showroom
  • Shopping Cart
  • Wish List
  • Track Your Order
  • Sign In / Create Account
  • engagement
    • Build Your Own Engagement Ring
    • Engagement Ring Settings
    • Antique & Estate
    • Sapphire Engagement Rings
    • Custom Engagement Rings
    • Top Twenty
    • Recently Purchased
    • Engagement Ring Guide
  • diamonds
    • Search for Diamonds
    • Search for Lab Created Diamonds
    • Learn About Diamonds
    • Build Your Own Engagement Ring
    • Create Your Own Diamond Earrings
    • Create Your Own Diamond Pendant
  • gemstones
    • Sapphire Engagement Rings
    • Unique Colored Gemstones
    • Top Ten Sapphire Rings
    • Recently Purchased
    • Sapphire Jewelry
    • Custom Designs
    • Learn About Sapphires
  • Wedding Rings
    • Women's Wedding Rings
    • Men's Wedding Rings
    • Diamond Rings
    • Sapphire Rings
    • Custom Wedding Rings
    • Antique Wedding Rings
    • Top Ten Women's Wedding Rings
    • Top Ten Men's Wedding Rings
  • fine jewelry
    • Earrings
    • Pendants
    • Top Ten Gifts
    • Gifts Under 250
    • Gifts at Every Price
    • Diamond Jewelry
    • Sapphire Jewelry
    • Silver Jewelry
    • Antique Jewelry
    • Pearl Jewelry
    • Personalized Jewelry
    • Reflections Collection
    • Custom Jewelry
    • American Gems Collection
  • our movement
    • Who We Are
    • Our Mission
    • Our Non-Profit Fund
    • Our Cause
    • Our Ethical Practices
    • Beyond Conflict Free Guarantee
    • Recycled Gold
    • Our Showroom
    • Unforgettable Memories
    • Blog

Education

Brilliant Earth Blog
Jewelry News
Love & Wedding
Styles & Trends
Home » Brilliant Earth Blog » Styles & Trends » Maximize Center Stones with Beauty and Balance

Maximize Center Stones with Beauty and Balance

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
RSS Feed

Fancy White Halo with Diamond SidestonesLooking to maximize the appearance and size of your center diamond? Hoping to create balance and lend a sense of delicateness to a large gem? “Halo” settings that wreath the center stone in diamonds are the perfect choice for all sizes and shapes of gems.

Blue Sapphire in Halo Setting with Diamond Sidestones

The Halo style originated as an “illusion” setting, or a setting designed to create the illusion of a larger center diamond, at the turn of the century. At the turn of the new millennium, the Halo was reinvented as a way to balance a large gem in a delicate setting. Brilliant Earth finds both styles equally stunning!

White Gold Halo with Diamond Sidestones

 

Now, thanks to our modern jeweler’s approach of using full cut diamonds (diamonds cut with the same number of facets as our larger gems), our Halo settings most definitely outshine their vintage counterparts! Whether your tastes tend to vintage, classic, contemporary or modern, the shapes and lines of our Halo settings are sure to complement your center diamond and dazzle you!


Comments:

Nichole Says:
June 27th, 2008 at 3:57 am

If I have a center stone that is set now can you reset the stone into one of your halo settings?


Beth L. Says:
June 27th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

The main portion of Brilliant Earth’s social mission is to only handle and set gemstones of verified, conflict free origin. Because of this mission, we will only set gemstones that have been purchased from us directly, as we are currently the leading supplier of ethical origin gemstones. We will not set outside diamonds in our settings, and we are unable to sell our settings without center gems as each ring is made-to-order around, and in proportion to, the center gem.


Leave a Reply

Name (required)
Email (required - will not be published)
Website

Browse Our Collection of Ethically Sourced Fine Jewelry


  • Engagement Rings

  • Wedding Rings

  • Diamonds

  • Fine Jewelry
About Us
Our Mission
Customer Letters
Reviews
Media Mentions
Careers
Customer Care
Free Shipping Both Ways
30 Day Returns
Free Lifetime Warranty
Free Diamond Upgrade
Track Your Order
Education
Learn About Diamonds
Learn About Sapphires
Beyond Conflict Free
Recycled Gold
Blog
Contact Us
1.800.691.0952
Email Us
Live Chat
Visit Our Showroom
FAQs
Follow Us
Follow Me on Pinterest
Follow @BrilliantEarth
Brilliant Earth, Inc., Diamonds, San Francisco, CA
Click to Verify - This site has chosen a VeriSign SSL Certificate to improve Web site security Seal Online Bizrate Survey

© 2005-2013 Brilliant Earth, Inc | Privacy Policy | Site Map

26 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94108