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الخميس، 23 يونيو 2011

Colored Diamonds


Fancy colored diamonds are all the rage



these days. Gemologists have developed



new ways to create versions that are



affordable for the average person - by



treating less desirable diamonds. These



less desirable diamonds are treated with



irradiation followed by intense heat. This



turns brown and yellowish diamonds into



beautifully colored diamonds that you can



afford. This produces stunning greens,



blues, yellows, reds, purples and other



colors. These colors are considered



permanent, but there is a possibility



they could change during repairs if a high



heat is used.





Treatments like irradiation make it possible



for more people to own these vividly colored



diamonds. Most natural colored diamonds



are rare and also extremely expensive. When



shopping for colored diamonds you need to



assume that any affordable fancy color



diamond has been treated. Ask about the



stones origin and request to view a lab



certificate to verify authenticity.





Synthetic colored diamonds are another



option if owning a colored diamond is



something you desire but cannot quite afford.



They are real diamonds, but they are created



in a lab.





Natural fancy color diamonds get their



coloring from different trace elements present



in the stones, such as nitrogen, which



produces a yellow diamond. Diamonds can



be colored by exposure to radiation during its



creation. An example of a diamond affected



by radiation is a Green diamond.





Another way that a natural colored diamond



gets color is by its inclusions. Regarded as



flaws and undesirable in a colorless diamond,



inclusions give unique tones and brilliant



flashes of color in a fancy color diamond.



Remember that Natural fancy colored



diamonds are very expensive, any colored



diamond labeled to be sold as natural should



be accompanied by a certificate from a



respected grading lab.





A "fancy" diamond is a natural diamond that



has color. These colors vary from red, green,



purple, violet, orange, blue and pink – and



most shades between. Fancy color shades



vary from faint to intense.





The most famous diamonds in the world are



Color diamonds. The Tiffany Diamond,



which is yellow and the Hope Diamond which



is blue are colored diamonds. Color



diamonds have an amazing financial track



record. The value has never decreased on



wholesale level in more than 30 years. Blue



and pink diamonds have doubled every 5



years of a strong economy. In the 1970’s



you could have bought a very high quality



blue diamond for about 50K and today the



very same stone would be worth between 2 and 3 million.


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