Emerald Rings

A Guide to Emerald Rings and Other Gemstone Wedding Jewellery

Emerald rings make captivating wedding bands with sparkling deep-green stones that glow against your skin and dazzle every guest with their brilliant hue. Choosing a coloured gemstone for your wedding jewellery can add modern flair to a classic style to help you create a personalised ring that celebrates your unique connection as a couple. Lovelle Jewellery supplies a range of premium diamond, emerald, sapphire, and ruby rings across Australia.

The History and Symbolism of Emerald Wedding Rings

Green emeralds are rare precious gemstones adored for centuries for their vivid hue and polished shine. The popularity of this bright gem for wedding jewellery has risen in recent years as more couples move away from traditional diamond bands for more modern designs that include exotic stones. Here’s more about the origin and meaning behind these beloved green jewels.

  • Emeralds are a variety of the mineral beryl, and they get their green colour from small amounts of chromium or vanadium in the rock. Emeralds typically come from South America, India, and Africa, and the precious green stone was a valuable treasure in ancient Egyptian and Inca civilisations. Miners also discovered the gems in New South Wales and Western Australia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • Emeralds hold symbolic significance in ancient folklore, religion, and culture worldwide. The green colour is often associated with spring and new growth - perfect for a young couple's engagement. Many ancient legends mention wearing emerald necklaces or rings to symbolise true love and fidelity. Historically, the stones also have connotations of wisdom, healing, and a calm state of mind.
  • Emerald rings in Australia are graded according to their colour, clarity, cut, and carat weight. Emeralds of a darker, deeper green are often more expensive than paler ones, and gemologists often cut the stones with fewer facets to intensify their natural colour. Most emeralds contain inclusions or Jardins that make them appear cloudy and unique, and a flawless emerald is very rare.
  • Iconic emerald lovers, including Jackie Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor, have popularised the majestic green stones over the years. Emeralds make stunning additions to diamond jewellery and are a favourite for vintage-style wedding rings and timeless rectangular pendants. The gems score 7.5/10 on the Mohs hardness scale, making them a durable and scratch-resistant option for engagement and wedding ring centre stones.

Other Precious Stones for Your Wedding Ring

Adding coloured stones to your wedding bands makes them more personal and unique, capturing the essence of your relationship and celebrating your commitment to your partner in style. Here are three alternative precious stones to use alongside your emeralds or on their own for a stunning piece of wedding jewellery.

  • Diamonds are timeless additions to wedding bands and make iconic solitaire engagement rings, worn for centuries and prized by generations of jewellery lovers. They are the hardest known natural substance on earth, and nothing can scratch a diamond except another diamond! These colourless gems cast rainbow refractions when they catch the light and look gorgeous alongside a fiery red ruby or deep blue sapphire.
  • Sapphires are the hardest gemstones after diamonds, and sapphire wedding rings are popular for their durability and enchanting colourful hues. These gems are from the corundum mineral family and are available in various colours, with Ceylon blue being the most popular. We supply sapphire rings across Australia to help you find the perfect ‘something blue’ for your special day.
  • Rubies are from the same mineral family as sapphires, and they are the rarest of the four precious gemstones. Ruby wedding rings look vibrant and glamorous, and the smouldering red gem typically symbolises passion, romance, and love. The red stones were coveted by royalty for centuries, and they bring an old-world charm to contemporary jewellery through modern designs such as our Ruby Clover ring.
 

Comparing Cuts and Setting Styles for Gemstone Jewellery

For years, jewellers have been cutting and arranging precious stones into interesting formations to create more complex designs and unique jewellery. Choosing a design you love that complements your individual tastes and joint style as a couple will make wearing your weddings bands a treat for many years to come. Here’s what you should know about gemstone cuts and setting styles before you go shopping:

  • Gemstone cuts: The shape of the gemstone can bring out the colour and even make it look bigger. Oval and round cuts are popular choices for classic, romantic rings that highlight the gem’s brilliance. A cushion cut is a modern take on the classic round shape with many facets for soft, gentle edges. Emerald and princess cuts have straight edges to emphasize the colour and sparkle of your gems, while pear cuts offer precise symmetry and dramatic charm.

  • Claw setting: Claw settings raise the gemstone away from the ring using tiny metal prongs. This timeless setting style is a popular way to create classic solitaire diamond engagement rings. Claw-set stones are exposed to light from all sides, allowing for more refraction and extra sparkle compared to other setting styles. Many diamond and sapphire necklaces boast claw-set gems that rest delicately above the skin.

  • Halo setting: Jewellers create halo settings by tightly packing small stones around a central stone on metal rings or pendants. This setting style makes the central stone appear more prominent, and many popular designs involve placing tiny diamonds around a bright sapphire or ruby in necklaces or rings. The small stones may even protect your central gem from chips and scratches around the edges!

  • Channel setting: Channel settings are popular among wedding bands, adding extra sparkle to a plain gold or silver ring. In channel set rings, the stones are set close together with no visible metal in between them all along the ring's circumference. Many elegant channel rings, such as this emerald and diamond band or our classic sapphire band, appear encrusted with gems, sparkling from all angles.

 

Find Stunning Precious Gemstones at Lovelle Jewellery

Lovelle Jewellery is a trusted stockist of high-quality emerald, sapphire, and ruby engagement rings in Australia. We procure our premium gemstones directly from the origin, ensuring quality and ethical sourcing along every step of their journey to you. We have over fifty years of industry experience behind us, and our reliable, family-owned business connects you to a network of jewellers to help you create your dream wedding ring.

We value transparency and personalised customer service. Get in touch with us to learn more about our precious and semi-precious range.