About Colored Diamond
Thursday, September 29th, 2011Most people do not realize that diamonds come in colors other than clear. The industry calls these diamond jewelry “white”. However, the expert knows jewelry lovers, the most beautiful diamonds in the world in a rainbow of colors.
First, the desired color diamonds are natural. Natural diamonds are less than 1% of all rough diamonds processed. Natural diamonds can be modified or a base color with a second color or colors. Natural diamonds are classified by different color than white diamonds. Small, bright, light, fancy light, fancy, fancy dark Fancy Intense, Fancy Deep and Fancy Vivid: colored diamonds are naturally classified in that order. Diamonds are among the most colorful natural stones bring together those most desirable Fancy Vivid.
The color of the less rare natural diamonds is yellow. Natural yellow diamonds get their color from the presence of nitrogen in the carbon network. Then there are the rare pink diamonds. Natural pink diamonds are formed by a “plastic deformation” of the crystal, as it is. Some famous diamonds pink, Darya-ye Noor diamonds with an approximate weight of 182 carats! Pink is a 24.78 carat Graff diamond emerald cut fancy intense pink, and is the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction for $ 46,000,000! The Steinmetz Pink, the largest fancy vivid pink diamond was graded, introduced in 2003 and weighs 59.6 carats. Finally, the notice has been given pink diamonds celebrity when Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez has a cycle to 6 carat pink diamond engagement!
The pink diamonds are rarer than diamonds orange. Natural orange diamonds get their color from the presence of nitrogen and defects in the crystal lattice. Since the color orange is a combination of yellow and red primary colors of diamonds range from orange red, orange to orange-yellow. The famous orange diamond is the “Pumpkin Diamond”, bought at auction by Ronald Winston Harry Winston Jewelers on the eve of Halloween and famous because of its color and the importance of the date of purchase. The present value is $ 3,000,000
The rarest diamonds in the side of the blue diamond. Natural blue diamonds get their color from the presence of boron in their structure. The most famous blue diamond is the world’s most famous – The Hope Diamond. Among the rarest of diamonds are naturally colored diamonds purple. Most natural diamonds are purple roses changed so that they are not as pink-purple diamond known. Most are less than two carats, diamonds, and most are cut in circles. There are three famous purple diamond known in the world and little is known about two of them – the Royal Purple Heart Diamond, and the Supreme Purple Star Diamond.
Even fewer natural green diamonds. Natural green diamonds, because of their origin, are often green on the surface. There is only one known natural green diamonds – The Dresden Green. The rarest of all natural color diamonds are Red Diamonds. They are formed by the same procedure as pink diamonds. There are only a few diamonds, the GIA classified as Fancy Red (unchanged). The largest is the Moussaieff Red, a 5.11 carat diamond triangular. The red diamond is the reddest red Rob, a 0.59 carat pear-shaped fancy intense red diamonds.
