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Find the engagement ring worthy of your eternal love today. Browse our engagement band collection, available in various settings and important metals. A great engagement ring is a ring proving the fact that the person wearing it is involved to be married, specially in Western cultures. A ring is presented as an engagement surprise by a partner to their prospective spouse when they offer marriage or directly after a marriage proposal is accepted. It represents a formal agreement to future relationship. In Western countries, proposal rings are worn mainly by women, and rings can feature diamonds or other gemstones. In some cultures men and women wear matching rings, and engagement rings may also be used as wedding rings. In Anglo-Saxon countries, the ring is customarily worn on the left hand side hand ring finger, but traditions vary considerably elsewhere across the world.

A pair in a committed connection may give one another and wear pre-engagement rings, also called friendship or assure rings. Neither the engagement nor any other engagement ring is worn during the wedding ceremony, when the wedding ring is put by the groom on the finger of the bride as part of the ceremony, and often by the bride onto the groom's finger. After the wedding, the engagement ring is usually put back on, and it is usually worn on the outside of the wedding ring. Some wedding brides have their engagement and wedding rings permanently soldered together after the wedding.
In many countries, engagement rings are placed on the ring finger of the left hand. From one time it was believed that this little finger contained a vein (the vena amoris) that resulted in the heart. This idea was popularized by Henry Swinburne in A treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts (1686). The tale seems to have the origin in the ancient Roman book Attic Evenings by Aulus Gellius quoting Apion's Aegyptiacorum, where the alleged vein was actually a nervus (a word that can be translated either as "nerve" or "sinew").

The popular belief that the engagement ring was actually area of the bride price which represented purchase and ownership of the bride, has been called into question by modern-day scholarship or grant.
In the second millennium BC, the Roman bride-to-be was given two bands, a gold one which she wore in public, and one made of metal which she wore at home while focusing on home duties. At one time Roman citizens wore rings made of iron. In later years senators who dished up as ambassadors were given rare metal seal rings for official use when abroad. Later on the privilege that comes with precious metal rings was extended to other public officials, then to the knights, later to all freeborn, and finally under Justinian, to freedmen. For many centuries it was the custom for Romans to wear flat iron rings at home, rare metal rings in public. During this period a lady or woman might receive two engagement rings, one of iron and one of gold.

In the Combined States, where engagement jewelry are worn by women, diamonds have been extensively featured in engagement jewelry since the middle of the 20th century. Solitaire rings have one single diamond. The most common environment for engagement rings is the solitaire prong setting, in 1886 and the six-claw prong setting design sold under the "Tiffany setting" trademark. The modern favorite cut for an engagement ring is the brilliant cut, which provides the maximum amount of sparkle to the gemstone. The traditional engagement rings might have different prong settings and bands. Another major category is engagement rings with side stones. Rings with a larger gemstone set in the middle and smaller gemstones on the side fit under this category. Three-stone gemstone engagement rings, sometimes called trinity rings or trilogy rings, are rings with three matching diamonds arranged horizontally in a line with the larger stone positioned in the center. The three diamonds on the ring are typically said to represent the couple's earlier, present, and future, but others give religious value to the arrangement.
A wedding set, or bridal set, includes an engagement ring and a wedding band that matches and can be bought as a set. In some cases, the wedding ring looks "incomplete"; it is only when the two halves, engagement and wedding, are assembled that the engagement ring looks whole. In other cases, a wedding set contains two rings that match stylistically and are worn stacked, although either piece would look appropriate as a separate ring. Although the wedding band is not to be worn until the wedding day, the two rings are usually sold together as a wedding set. After the wedding, the bride may choose to have the two pieces welded together, to increase convenience and reduce the likelihood of shedding one of the jewelry. A trio ring set includes a ladies proposal ring, girls wedding music group and a men's wedding band. These sets often times have matching rings and are lower in price.