When you decide that you want to buy or look for a traditional diamond engagement ring, the first thing to do is to consider the issues – the style and quality, but also the practicality and the cost. In their most natural form, diamonds are actually quite ugly. They have no luster or shine look a little like broken glass. So a diamond must be cut, and then polished before it actually becomes a thing of real beauty.

Diamonds may be cut in many different shapes and sizes such as: round, pear, oval, heart-shaped, radiant, emerald, and princess cut.

While most people believe the unique shapes are the most popular, the round cut and the princess cut diamonds actually outsell all of the competition – and their shapes are the least unique of all. Put bluntly – a round shaped diamond resembles a circle, while the princess cut resembles a square.

Is the princess cut or the round cut diamond more popular? When purchasing a diamond, whether it be on a pair of earrings or for an engagement ring, customers must consider two factors – beauty and price. It is difficult to sell a high-priced ring no matter how beautiful it is.

Especially, it is difficult to sell a dull ring at a low price. Both the round cut and the princess cut diamonds excel in these 2 categories. Round diamonds do have a brilliance and when cut by an expert, there is no other diamond that comes close to the beauty of a round cut. Prices do get fairly high for round cut diamonds, although they can be purchased at more reasonable prices.

Princess cut diamonds are unique because they allow customers to purchase a pretty unique shaped diamond – without sacrificing beauty or price. This cut is the closest shape to the common ‘diamond in the rough’. For this reason, it is much easier to cut a princess diamond than any other shape.