Coloured stone engagement ring

I have a pink sapphire and I love it. Never regretted it for a second and have had a few compliments on it. It’s quite unusual but I really love it.

Oh and it’s 15 years old and still looking great if that helps.

I have amethyst with diamonds in a small flower. Utterly love it. Small and discreet wear it loads.

I have an amethyst. Still love it 21 years on.

I have a ruby with diamonds. It's beautiful & hardwearing & I love it. I got engaged 30 years ago, no regrets about the ring - or the man!

Coloured stones are very popular at the moment

On another thread a jeweller said aquamarine, emerald and morganite are too soft for everyday hard wear.

A friend has a pink sapphire and it’s lovely

I have a peridot with diamonds around it - I love it.

I have a simple diamond solitaire but love coloured stones, definitely good to go for something different. Sapphire’s are also very durable and would be a good option, some of the coloured stones are quite soft so better avoided. There’s some gorgeous vintage rings on Etsy if you look.

I have aquamarine. Aquamarine was the stone originally used in engagement rings and it's a very hard stone so it's perfect for daily wear. It's also my birth stone. I get compliments on it all the time and I just love it.

I have a blue sapphire engagement ring. Have had it nearly 5 years now and still love it (also love the now DH too )

I have a blue teardrop sapphire engagement ring and it's gorgeous! We got engaged almost 3 years ago and it still looks great! I love it!

I upgraded mine on a big birthday from a small diamond solitaire to an aquamarine - it's my birthstone and I love it. I struggled to find one in yellow gold though

Square blue topaz with 3 small diamonds either side in mine. I still love it 25 years on

Aqua - that's lovely. Have you had it for long and do you wear it every day?

I've got an emerald and have worn it every day for 7 years. It's gorgeous and looks as good as the day DH gave it to me

I’ve got a sapphire with diamonds on the shoulders. Sapphire is very hard wearing.

I have an emerald. I've worn it for 30 years 😊

Oh, and it's not that I don't like solitaire rings it's just that over the past few years everyone I know who's got married/ engaged seems to have had one. I always thought I'd have one myself but now it comes to it I wonder if I should be brave and have something different.

Sapphire and aquamarine are fine. Emerald is fine so long as you take good care of it. Morganite isn't hard-wearing enough.

I have a padparadscha sapphire which is a peachy pink - similar colour to morganite. I love it.

I have a blue topaz 💙

You can also get coloured diamonds. I have a ring set with a random mixture of white and light blue diamonds (sorry no pic, am on holiday) and obviously they are durable. As far as I know they also come in shades of yellow (and brown??)
The engagement ring with amethyst I inherited from my great- grandmother on the other hand is now showing signs of wear (after being loved and worn by 4 generations in my family)

Over 2 decades and wear it all the time, unless I'm doing something excessively messy or rough.

I have a Tanzanite ring - 26 years worn all the time and still love it.

I have a pale sapphire. I've had it for 15 years now and still love it, but it is chipped! It chipped about 10 years ago and has never got worse.