Information on stone set titanium rings

Many jewelers love the metallic properties of titanium and are happy to fashion it into various kinds of jewelry. While not classed as a precious metal like gold or platinum, titanium nevertheless realizes its own value because of the length of time it takes to craft such jewelry as the aforementioned items.

Titanium jewelry does have its downside. Because such jewelry takes
so long to craft, and because many jewelers do not like to work in titanium, titanium rings and other titanium jewelry tends to be more expensive.

Titanium engagement rings, however, do come in a variety of settings and styles that are comparable to platinum engagement rings.

Please feel free to browse our articles on titanium rings and jewelry at the following links provided. They can provide much more information and help you become better informed when it comes time to make the decision on purchasing your ring or other titanium jewelry.

Because diamonds are fairly brittle and expensive, tension settings may not be the best way to go because if the stone should chip or crack, the diamond could easily work loose, fall out, and get lost. Six-prong platinum heads work best for holding diamonds, but we haven't seen many titanium rings with this option included. The very few we did find cost more than $1,000.

Many tension set titanium engagement rings are set with cubic zirconias. Given the relative replacement costs, this is a much better option if you're thinking of tension set titanium engagement rings.
 

Titanium engagement rings do come in a wide variety of settings and styles and can be comparable in value to platinum engagement ring settings. 

However, with the relative prices of diamonds, we don't think that tension settings would be a good idea, even if the ring is so strong, diamonds are fairly brittle compared. If the stone should chip or crack the diamond could easily work loose and be lost.  

Six prong platinum heads are much better for holding diamonds but we haven't seen many titanium rings with this option included at all. The very few we did find were costing well over the $1,000 mark. 

Many tension set titanium engagement rings have cubic zirconia's set into them instead, and given the relative replacement costs this is a much better idea if you're thinking of tension set titanium engagement rings.