Do colored diamonds occur naturally?

Do colored diamonds occur naturally?

Diamonds naturally come in every color of the rainbow (yep red, blue, green, purple, pink, etc.), as well as black, brown, gray, and white. So, there are many different color diamonds! Some colors, such as red and blue, are much more rare than others. As a result of this rarity, these colors are much more expensive.

Why are colored diamonds more expensive?

The price per carat base line is in the tens of thousands of dollars and any improvement in attributes such as bigger size or stronger color intensity (intense or vivid) and the pricing goes up exponentially. So yes, these colored diamonds are more expensive than white diamonds.

What is the rarest color of diamond?

What Are the Rarest Diamond Colors?

• Red Diamonds. The rarest of all colored diamonds, only 20 to 30 natural red diamonds exist in the entire world.
• Blue Diamonds. Also incredibly rare are blue diamonds, which have only been found naturally in mines in South Africa, India, and Australia.
• Pink Diamonds.
• Yellow Diamonds.

Why are Coloured diamonds so rare?

They come from India, Africa, and South America. Because green diamonds are caused by radiation in the soil, the green layer is often a shallow layer sitting on top of the diamond. Green diamonds with the color all the way through are extremely rare and sell for millions of dollars at auction.

Are colored diamonds less valuable?

Rare and Expensive colored diamonds The most expensive, and rarest, colored diamonds are significantly more expensive than white diamonds, with a value that rises exponentially the higher the carat and color intensity. These includes pink, purple, green, blue, violet and pure or “pumpkin” orange diamonds.

Are I colored diamonds too yellow?

Technically, only D, E and F color diamonds are colorless. When examined closely, and under very controlled lighting, anything above F may indicate faint color. This color is almost always going to be yellow.

What grade of diamond is best?

Flawless is the top grade in the GIA Clarity Grading System. Diamonds graded Flawless don’t have visible inclusions or blemishes when examined under 10-power (10X) magnification by a skilled and experienced grader. As clarity increases, and if all other value factors are equal, diamond price per carat also increases.

What is the cheapest color of diamond?

To group the colors based on prices the relatively affordable colored diamonds are grey, brown and fancy yellow. Going to mid ranging prices it can be an intense and vivid yellow diamonds and orange diamonds. A group higher in prices are pink, purple, violet, green and blue diamonds.

Which is the rarest diamonds on the earth?

The world’s rarest diamonds available to buy

• Graff Venus.
• The Cullinan Heritage diamond.
• The Golden Empress diamond.
• The Millennium Star diamond.
• The Graff Pink diamond.
• The Incomparable diamond.
• The Wittelsbach-Graff diamond.
• De Grisogono flawless D-colour diamond. Image courtesy of De Grisogono.

Are colored diamonds worth more?

Are colored diamonds rare? Colored diamonds are extremely rare, and much more so than clear or colorless diamonds. Given their rarity, colored diamonds are also considered significantly more valuable, and demand is considerably higher. However, not all colored diamonds are equally rare.

Which diamond color is the best?

D
According to that GIA standard, the “best” diamond color is D. (Read more about D color diamonds here.) D color diamonds are the equivalent of IF or FL grade diamonds on the clarity scale — they’re very rare, and their price definitely reflects that.

Do inclusions affect the value of a fancy color diamond?

Even diamonds with numerous inclusions that result in a low clarity grade are prized by connoisseurs if they display attractive face-up color. Of course, inclusions that threaten the gem’s durability can lower a fancy color diamond’s value significantly.

Can diamonds with yellow cuts be fancy yellows?

Cutters discovered that certain styles—typically mixed cuts like the radiant—can intensify yellow color in diamonds that are toward the lower end of the D-to-Z color-grading scale. When carefully fashioned as radiant cuts, many yellow-tinted stones—at one time called “cape” by the trade—can become fancy yellows when viewed face up.

What is the second most common fancy color diamond?

Fancy Color Diamond Quality Factors. Yellow is diamond’s second most common fancy color. Yellow diamonds are sometimes marketed as “canary.” While this isn’t a proper grading term, it’s commonly used in the trade to describe fancy yellow diamonds. Until the late 1990s, there was not much demand for black diamonds.

What is the difference between a yellow and a blue diamond?

For example, yellow diamonds occur in a wide range of saturations, while blue diamonds do not. Fancy color diamonds have a range of color strength with the intense and vivid colored diamonds being the most rare. Blue diamonds are exteremely rare and those with strong color are some of the rarest gemstones.