Colored Diamonds
Diamonds with a detectable natural hue, are known as natural color diamonds. If the color is strong enough, the diamond is referred to as a natural fancy colored diamond.
In the past few years, colored diamonds have taken the jewelry market by storm with pink, blue & yellow fancy stones being greatly sought after by those who are able to afford these rare & luxurious substitutes to white.
Most people are still not aware that diamonds exist in colors other than white & when they come to know that they do, they are fascinated. The rare & the beautiful always remain in demand.
The development of natural color diamonds is a process that needs not only the original magical recipe for diamond creation, namely that of unimaginable heat & pressure placed on carbon crystals, but also the presence of additional trace elements as well.
Tremendous pressure exerted on a diamond deep in the earth can abnormally compress & distort its lattice structure, thus creating a purple, brown, red or pink stone.
If nitrogen, boron, hydrogen or another element interact with carbon atoms during the creation of a diamond and become ingrained in its lattice structure, the color of the resulting diamond can change.
Radiation during the creation process also can influence a diamond’s color.
Yellow Diamonds get their shade from nitrogen impurities while the color of the red diamond is the result of crystal lattice defects showing stress lamination during the diamond’s formation.
The color in blue diamonds is caused by the presence of minor amounts of boron in their structure.
Violet diamonds owe their color to minute traces of hydrogen..
It is thought that the intense pressure beneath the Earth’s surface causes a non-reversible change in the crystal lattice of the diamond causing it to absorb certain spectrum of light and producing color. The tremendous pressure exerted on the diamond deep in the earth abnormally compresses & distorts its structure, thus creating a purple, brown, red or pink diamond.
A shower of natural radiation during the process of creation of a diamond can impact its color. Green diamond hues are a result of such natural radiation in the earth.
MODIFIERS
Almost all colored diamonds exhibit multiple spectral hues. The predominant color is mingled with modifiers, one or more additional colors that factor in the overall impression. The combination of modifying colors contributing to a colored diamond’s final appearance also contributes to the final per carat price of a gem.
Natural colored diamonds are graded for color in a different way than white diamonds. They are graded in the following order: faint, very light, light, fancy light, fancy, fancy dark, fancy intense, fancy deep, and fancy vivid. With most natural colored diamonds, the more desirable stones are the ones closer to fancy vivid.
Colored diamonds can range from under $2,000 per carat for some orangy brown diamonds to more than $22,000 per carat for fancy pink brown diamonds, amply demonstrating the effect of modifying colors on the final value of colored diamonds.
Colored diamonds are very much in vogue these days. The rage for these stones was triggered by celebrities sporting them on the Red Carpet. Moreover, when A-list figures, like Jennifer Lopez & Victoria Beckham received pink diamond engagement & eternity rings, curiosities were bound to be fueled. And where the celebrities go, high fashion follows.
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