Flower Cluster Natural Diamond Ring Setting
Product code: NN-11568
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Ring size (Vietnamese sizing)
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A women's 18K white gold ring setting, sold without the main diamond. The face is a flower of natural diamonds, its petals built from pear-shaped stones pointing outward between round stones. The band splits into two stone-set branches graduating smaller before merging below.
Jewelry details
A diamond flower blooming on the finger, its petals not carved gold but real stones — pointed stones fanning out between round ones. The very center of the flower is still left empty, awaiting the diamond the buyer chooses.
This is a ring setting — a finished gold frame, the price doesn't include the main diamond. All the stones already set on the setting are included in the price.
Petals need a point. Round stones have no point — so this flower has to use two stone shapes.
A flower built from two stone shapes
Around the center head, the stones alternate in a repeating rhythm: round — pear — pear, then round again. The pear-shaped stones point outward, converging in pairs to form petal tips; the round stones sit where two petals meet, a resting place between two tips.
The price lies where no one sees it: round stones sit in round seats, pear stones need a seat with a point — the jeweler must carve two completely different kinds of seat, alternating on the same gold surface. Each pear must also be turned in exactly the direction radiating from the center; slightly off and the petal looks distorted. And the point is the thinnest, most chip-prone part if knocked hard — so the petal tips are always held by their own gold bead rather than left bare.
The empty center — and why this setting is particular about its center stone
In the middle of the flower is an empty prong head, its prongs standing upright with tips still cut flat, unbent. When the customer brings in a diamond, the jeweler places the stone in the head, bends the prong tips down over the girdle, trims the excess and re-polishes. That step can only be done once.
This flower design in particular is more particular about center stone size than most other settings, since the stone must fit exactly the center that the petals fan out around.
A stone smaller than the allowed range
A bare gold rim opens between the center stone and the ring of petals. The flower loses its center, looking like it's missing a layer.
A stone larger than the allowed range
The girdle seat has to be ground wider, cutting into the bases of the petal stones next to the center — fixable, but it weakens the whole inner ring.
Bring your stone in to test in the setting before deciding. With this design it's all the more necessary; don't decide from photos or numbers.
The two branches of the band
Leaving the flower, the band splits into two branches running in parallel and merging again below. Each branch carries a row of round stones running along it, and the stones graduate smaller in steps as they move away from the flower.
Graduating isn't to save cost: the branch itself narrows as it moves away from the face, so the stones must shrink with it. As a result, the eye is led along the row of stones and comes to rest on the flower.
The base of the band is plain, polished gold. This is the section inside the palm — where it takes the most wear, and the only section the jeweler can cut and join when resizing is needed. Because the band splits in two, the resizing range is still limited; getting the measurement right from the start is better.
18K white gold and natural diamonds
The setting is made of 18K white gold, firm enough that the small beads holding the stones don't deform over the years, especially the beads holding the pointed tips of the pear stones.
All the stones already set are natural diamonds, chosen in the same white. On a closely packed flower like this, color uniformity matters far more than the quality of each individual stone — just one off-tone spot and the whole flower shows it, as if one petal had wilted.
The honest trade-off: densely set stones sparkle, but the narrow gap between two petal tips is the hardest place to clean — the ring doesn't dull at once but fades gradually, and people who wear it daily usually don't notice.
Everyday wear and care
The flower fans out wide and has points, so it stands out beautifully, but in exchange it catches easily on sweaters, scarves and hair. A few things you can do at home:
Soak in warm water with a little dish soap for about five minutes to soften grime, then brush with a very soft brush.
Brush upward from underneath and along each petal, not just across the top. Dust collects at the base of the stones and in the gaps between petal tips.
Take the ring off for washing dishes, applying hand cream, weightlifting and sleeping.
Every few months, hold the ring near your ear and shake it gently. A faint rattle means a stone has loosened — check the petal tips most closely, since they take the most knocks.
Buy at Thảo Linh
Showroom: 120 Pham Thi Tanh, Chanh Hung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. You're welcome to bring your own stone to test directly in this setting before deciding, or choose a center stone right at the counter.
Hotline 0945 006 001. 12-month warranty, with free lifetime polishing and ultrasonic cleaning for customers who buy at the store.
The store buys back and exchanges openly at fixed rates, stated clearly at the time of purchase rather than recalculated arbitrarily later.
Lab-grown diamonds that fit this setting
Round shape · 19 in stock
