Micro Pave Diamond Setting

Micro pavé settings use incredible small diamonds with a carat weight of less than 0 01ct per stone.

Micro pave diamond setting. Micro pavé or micro setting uses smaller stones than traditional pavé and is a relatively modern technique. Because of the added shimmer a pavé setting can make a diamond look larger than it actually is allowing you to save money by choosing a smaller center stone. The pave setting may also be referred to as a bead setting and if the paved stones are especially small smaller than about 01 carats a micro pavé setting. According to an article in the financial times which quoted jeweler jessica poole the setting type was fashionable during the 1940s.

A typical micro pavé setting may contain more than 100 of these diamonds set close to one another to create the appearance of a continuous band of diamonds. The technique is best described as the highly precise setting of very small diamonds using a microscope.