Fancy Color diamonds are very rare; out of twelve million tons of rough, there may be one color diamond, or out of a half million polished diamonds there may be one color stone.
Why are fancy color diamonds hot now; people like the rarity, color and wearability of the diamonds. 'Most people can't identify a color diamond as a diamond, so its safer to wear the diamonds out. " Susan Florence Christies senior jewelry specialist
Fancy color diamonds come in many different colors: red, which is the rarest, green, blue, pink, yellow, orange, and brown. Each color comes from different condition in the Earth; green from radiation and uranium, making it difficult to tell a natural green diamond from a treated green diamond. Pink out of an abnormality in the crystal lattice as it forms. Yellow comes from nitrogen the more nitrogen the deeper the color
Blue comes from boron.
Like white diamonds color diamonds are graded by color, the more intense and deeper the color the more valuable. Fancy color diamonds are cut for maximum color, some shapes bring out the color more intense than others. A radiant cut gives the diamond more color intensity. The GIA color grading scale as follows; fancy light, fancy, fancy intense, and fancy vivid. The metal used in jewelry can highlight the visual appearance of the color; Pink or yellow gold will show color differently than platinum will.
RARE AND EXOTIC FANCY COLOR DIAMONDS AVAILABLE AT LAST!
The diamond industry makes a distinction between diamonds in the normal color range, colorless to light yellow and those that are fancy colors. Fancies include yellows and browns that are deep enough to be attractive and any tints of other colors. Large vivid colored diamonds are very rare.
One of the most famous fancy colored diamonds is The Hope Diamond. It is an oval brilliant weighing 45.52 carats is dark blue and reportedly flawless. It is named after Henry Phillip Hope a European banker who helps finance the Louisiana Purchase.
You too can own a fancy color diamond and give it a family name. These rare and exotic diamonds are now becoming more available through. Bruce D. Verstandig & Co., Inc. in New York.
