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21 Meeting House Lane
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1HB

01273 773 544

choose a stone…

choose a setting…

choose a metal…

choose a finish…

…choose ring

21 Meeting House Lane
Brighton East Sussex
BN1 1HB
1273 773 544

21 Meeting House Lane
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1HB

01273 773 544

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marquise cut engagement rings

Marquise diamonds are brilliant-cut, meaning they are cut to optimise sparkle, much like a round brilliant cut. Marquise cut stones are an elongated elliptical shape that resembles a boat, giving it its first name, the navette cut.

Benefits and Features of Marquise Cut 

As a brilliant cut diamond, the marquise shape is beloved for its distinctive appearance and sparkle. It is often used in vintage engagement ring styles. There are many reasons to choose the marquise shape for your engagement ring. Here are just a few…..

Marquise Cut Diamonds look bigger than other diamond shapes.Many first-time buyers assume that a stone’s carat weight equates to its shape. This is not always true. When comparing 1 carat, 2 carat, 3 carat, etc of the same shape, the statement is true. But the true meaning of carat weight comes into play when comparing different shapes of the same carat weight.

Carat weight is the weight of the stone. In an engagement ring with multiple stones, there may be a total carat weight.

Each shape has its own measurements and requirements to meet. Elongated shapes like the emerald cut engagement ring, oval cut engagement ring, and the marquise cut engagement ring appear larger than the popular round cut diamond – even if they are all the same carat weight.

Some diamond shapes need to have more of the carat weight distributed underneath, like the round brilliant cut. It has a deep pavilion in order to have the best light performance.

Marquise cut shapes are gem shapes that appear larger than the round brilliant cut, the most popular diamond shape. More of the carat weight is distributed in the elongated boat shape in a marquise diamond. Round cuts have more weight distributed underneath.

Other diamond shapes that appear larger than a round diamond include emerald cut diamonds, oval cut diamonds, princess cut diamonds, and radiant cut diamonds. Square shapes typically appear larger than a round, as well as elongated shapes.

Marquise cut stones are said to make the fingers appear longer. Aside from their larger appearance, marquise cut stones are said to “lengthen” the fingers. This means that it can make your fingers look longer because of its elongated shape. It could be ideal for someone with wider or shorter fingers.

If you like the idea of this illusion, but aren’t fond of the marquise cut, don’t fret. We can show you additional elongated shapes that can put off the same effect.

History of the Marquise Shape

It wasn’t until the 18th century when King Louis XV requested a diamond shape be made in the shape of his mistress’s lips. Madame de Pompadour had a distinct lip shape that King Louis was quite fond of. From that point on, it was deemed the marquise cut diamond.

As diamond cutting evolved, so did the marquise cut. Today, the modern marquise cut diamond shape has 58 facets.

The choice of celebrities
Popular celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Catherine Zeta-Jones have been noted having stunning marquise cut engagement rings.

How To Pick out a Marquise Cut Diamond

If you’re choosing a marquise cut diamond for your engagement ring, know that you are making a fine choice. We have a nice selection of marquise cut engagement rings made of marquise diamonds and marquise cut gemstones.

For those choosing a coloured stone or coloured diamond for their engagement ring, marquise stones are fine choices to showcase the hues and intensities of coloured gemstones. Most elongated shapes are especially good at this.

When choosing the marquise diamond, you may want to choose a higher colour grade than you might for the round diamond. Yellow tint in diamonds on the lower end of the colour grading scale may be more noticeable than with other diamond shapes.

Colourless diamonds are meant to reflect the best light performance. While they don’t impact durability, some may want their diamond to appear “white” while others might not mind the candlelight glow of a warmer diamond colour grade.

Our team is happy to show you marquise cut diamonds with different colour grades to help you choose what might be best for you.

Marquise diamonds are a fancy shape, meaning they do not have cut grades annotated on a report. Cut quality is harder to determine with fancy shapes than it is for round brilliant cut diamonds.

As with some elongated shapes, marquise diamonds may have a visible bow tie shadow shape in the centre. Bowties only affect the diamond visually, much like colour grades. Some diamonds have more prominent bow ties than others, which can be the result of extra facets or light leakage.

We can show you some examples of diamonds with a slight bowtie, no bowtie, or a prominent bow tie to give an idea of what you might want.

Some people may prefer their marquise more slender and skinny, while others want it wider and shorter. Neither one is incorrect and is up to the customer to choose. We can show you marquise diamonds of different length-to-width ratios to help you find your favourite style.

At RING Jewellers, we carry many different marquise cut shapes of different qualities. You are able to mix and match grades in order to find the perfect combination for you.

These marquise engagement rings below can be modified to suit your style or serve as inspiration to your bespoke engagement ring. Click on one of our customer creations to get started.