Sunday, March 16, 2008

Ring Finger

A finger ring is a band worn as kind of ornamental jewellery around a finger; it is the most ordinary current meaning of the word ring. Additional types of metal bands worn as ornaments are also called rings, such as arm rings and neck rings.

Rings are worn by both men and women, Rings can be made of metal, plastic, wood, bone, glass, gemstone and other equipment also. They may be set with a "stone" of some sort, which is really precious or semi-precious gemstone such as ruby, sapphire or emerald, but can also be of almost any material.

There are a variety of methods for determining ring size. Quantities of the main rings in the world are made for the winning team of the Super Bowl. The unofficial record for the largest championship ring ever accessible to a professional sports team belongs to the 2003 World Series champions Florida Marlins, with a weight of over 110 grams and with over 240 stones.

Rings can be worn on any finger, still on toe fingers also In Western society, the traditional "ring finger" for the wearing of an engagement or wedding ring is the fourth finger of the left hand with the thumb counting as finger number one. The signet ring, a ring designate dignity, is normally worn on the little (fifth) finger of the right or left hand, depending on nationality.

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