One Carat Oval Cut Diamond Ring

The One Carat Oval Cut Diamond Ring is an elongated relative of the round cut diamond. It has 55-56 Facets. 33 on the crown of the diamond and 22 on the pavilion of the diamond. A good length to width ratio is 1.5 To 1. This ratio will look very good mounted in a setting. Although the oval shaped diamond is not as popular as the round cut diamond, it is still a very flexible diamond shape. It will look good in a Traditional solitaire setting or with accent stones such as baguettes.

An one carat Oval shape diamond ring tends to look bigger than other diamonds of equal carat weight. An Oval Shaped Diamond can also give a flattering illusion of length to shorter fingers.

The Oval shaped brilliant diamond was created by Lazare Kaplan in the early 1960's.

A very famous Oval shaped diamond is the "Koh-I-Noor" also known as "Mountain Of Light". This diamond was found in India. (as almost all of the worlds' diamonds were until the 19th century) This famous diamond is rumored to bring bad luck to all men who posses it and good luck to all women who posses it. When it was discovered it weighed 186 1/16th carats. The diamond was given to Queen Victoria in 1851. After believing that the diamond did not exude enough brilliance, Queen Victoria had it Re-Cut under the supervision of Prince Albert. The additional cutting shaved off 42% of the diamonds weight and left it weighing 105.602 carats.

After the re-cutting, it was decided that the diamond was still lacking in brilliance and The Koh-I-Noor was mounted in a tiara with more than 2,000 other diamonds.