First of all, congratulations, I hope she says yes. There's some things you should know, though, when out shopping for the ring, if you're into that kind of thing. The ring thing.
Here's some terms specific to diamond shopping you should be able to talk with your jeweller.
via www.nytimes.com
And the fifth of the four C’s: Conflict. A Conflict or Blood Diamond, is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance wars or warlords. Two thirds of the world’s diamonds are from Africa and Russia, where diamonds are not conflict free. Nor are all the diamonds you will find in North America, despite recent anti-conflict acts. Look into this as well.
