Heart Shaped Diamond Rings, Necklaces, Earrings, Pendants

We have made far more diamond hearts in platinum than in any other metal because the properties of the metal are unsurpassed for the purpose.  Platinum is extremely strong.  Therefore, it is possible to create a piece of jewelry that appears to be made up entirely of diamonds.  The structural members of the piece of jewelry that are made up of platinum can be relatively thin, allowing more space for diamonds.  This is exactly what is needed when creating a puffed pavé heart shaped diamond ring, necklace, pendant, or earrings, covered with diamonds to the maximum degree.

  Platinum is also excellent for making puffed pavé diamond hearts because it can be polished to a high luster and because its color, white, closely approximates the color of the most often used diamonds in fine jewelry, which is also white.

Though platinum has long been our metal of choice when crafting pavé heart shaped diamond necklaces, pavé heart shaped rings with diamonds, heart shaped diamond earrings, and pavé diamond heart pendants, there are other diamond and metal combinations that are without peer for their striking beauty.  Examples include pavé yellow diamonds set in 18k yellow gold and pavé pink diamonds set in 18k rose gold.  While platinum is unrivalled for its strength, these diamond and gold combinations are without equal for their astonishing color harmony and brilliance.

When it comes to color, there is no jewelry metal that can compare to gold.  This is because there are only two metals on our planet that have color at all.  Those two are gold and copper.  Copper, by itself, is not desirable for jewelry, as it turns people’s skin green when it oxidizes.  Copper, when alloyed with other metals to make brass or bronze, though it can look pretty, still has that nasty tendency to discolor a person’s skin.  Only when alloyed with gold does copper come into its own, resulting in metals that have color, are relatively strong, and lack the propensity to change the hue of one’s skin.

It is by adding combinations of copper and silver to gold that varying colors are obtained such as: yellow gold, containing approximately equal parts of gold and silver; pink or rose gold, containing more copper and less silver; and green gold, containing more silver and less copper.  The alloying (mixing) of gold with other metals can get a lot more complicated than this simplistic explanation, and there are other colors that are achievable, but this writing is only intended as a basic explanation.  Perhaps one day I will go into greater detail for those who would find the information useful rather than boring.

Before I leave the topic of gold for now, I would like to address the question that may be on your mind; why add copper or silver at all?  Why not just use pure gold?  The answer has to do with strength, durability, and softness.  While gold in its pure state is very beautiful, it is so soft that it would get bent out of its intended shape very easily; it lacks sufficient strength to securely hold gemstones set in it, and it wears away too fast to hold a polish in the short run, or to keep from being worn away in the long run.

Platinum, while lacking color, excels in every other respect.  It is strong, resistant to wearing away, and hard enough to hold its shape.  It takes a polish well and keeps that polish.  When white diamonds are set in platinum, the metal can seem to blend away, appearing as though the piece is made up entirely of diamonds.

Our pavé puffed diamond hearts, due to the excellence in their craftsmanship, and due to the excellence in their materials are timelessly beautiful, delicate in appearance, and yet are extremely durable.  They are heirloom pieces that can be passed down in your family for literally countless generations.

I have often thought that one of our pavé puffed diamond hearts would last a thousand years if it was reasonably taken care of.  Unfortunately, I won’t be able to prove or disprove this theory in a lifetime.  I once had a client who had purchased many of them say to me, “Your hearts are so well made that you could drive a truck over one without doing damage!”  Now, this theory could be proven or disproved in a lifetime, but I do not recommend it, and I offer no such guarantee.