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Q&A: Looking for a Round Diamond for a Rose Gold Solitaire Setting Within a £6,000 Budget

By Mike Fried,

Hello, thank you so much for all the information on your site. It has unravelled the mysteries of diamond buying for me! I am now ready to buy from Blue Nile (I am based in London).

In one of your articles you mentioned that you sometimes have single-use coupons, any help in this regard would be appreciated.

Anyway, thanks again for the wealth of information and practical advice. I really appreciate it.

Here is the code for $50 off of a purchase over 1k: [contact us for your own unique coupon code].

According to BN, this is the best coupon they are offering right now. I hope it helps.

Let me know if you need any help with the search.

Thank you so much. I do appreciate it.

Can you recommend some diamonds? It’s for a simple solitaire engagement ring in rose gold (with platinum setting) for my girlfriend, soon to be fiancee. (hopefully!)

Absolutely.  Can you send me a picture of the setting?

I thought something like this:
Petite Solitaire Engagement Ring

My budget is £5,000-£6,000 for the diamond. I would go slightly more for the right diamond but I couldn’t really go more than £7,000.

Thank you for the info. For a rose gold solitaire, you can go with a J color and it is going to look colorless.

I found some options you might like:

Blue Nile LD10032031
Blue Nile LD10038085
Blue Nile LD10070994
Blue Nile LD08219407
They have fantastic specs.

What do you think?

Thank you again!I’m so surprised how much cheaper diamonds are via the sources you recommend compared to my local jeweller.

So do you think J a colour would be OK on a rose gold ring even though I’d get the setting made in white gold/platinum?

J color looks great in any solitaire setting. As long as there are no additional diamonds in the band, it looks perfectly colorless.

That’s great, I will choose one of them. I just need to decide of 1.3ct will be too showy for her, perhaps the 1 carat diamond would be the way to go. Thanks very much for your help and advice.

You’re welcome, it’s been a pleasure helping you.

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What we love about them:
  • No questions asked returns within 30 days of shipment. Blue Nile will send you a paid shipping label to return the ring.
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