Diamond Jewelry

we all have seen how stunning diamonds are but if you have not seen natural colored diamonds you sure are missing something. the sparkling rocks covert with colors to give a breathtaking view. the colors are different and so breathtakingly beautiful that you almost get passionate at the beauty.

Diamond is available in both the varieties colored diamonds and colorless diamonds. Usually diamonds are colorless but depending upon the impurities present in the stone; they can be found in the shades of yellow, green, red, purple and black. As the hardest gemstone available on earth, diamond achieves the top spot on Mohs scale of hardness.

Diamonds are always welcome and if they’re natural colored ones it’s like owning a piece of the sky. Exquisite and extravagant they are, and you sure have to cough up a chunk, but believe me it’s worth every penny. That’s exactly what our rich and famous are doing and they sure have every good reason to. Come to think of this, a dazzling 6 carat pink diamond engagement ring was presented to the sizzling diva J Lo by then beau Ben Affleck. The pink diamond stole the show and became a trend setter for colored diamonds, leaving no room for a marriage.

Natural colored diamonds are popular in the jewelry industry; especially the near colorless ones and they are highly priced too. The color can be added to the colorless diamonds by a process called irradiation a treatment in which heat pressure is used to alter colors. Fancy diamonds are the ones that have color the variety of colors can be pink, violet, orange, blue and the shades between faint to intense colors.

Colored diamonds are less expensive than colorless diamonds. Even the fancy colored diamonds are found rarely in comparison to the colorless diamonds. Colored diamonds are present in over 300 colors, which is certainly more than any other gemstone. The brilliance of the diamonds is such that it out distance any other colored stones and are compatible with most of the metals.

The various diamonds like –

Pink diamonds- are rarest of the diamonds and are mostly found in Argyle Mine in Australia.

Yellow diamonds- the yellow color is due to the presence of nitrogen. These are most common natural colored diamonds.

Blue diamonds- The famous Hope diamond is a blue diamond. It has the ability to conduct electricity and is formed from Boron.

Green diamonds- The green color is caused by radiation that took place in stone thousands of years ago. The famous green diamond is Dresdon Diamond.

Orange diamond- The famous orange diamond is The Pumpkin. The cause of orange color is nitrogen.

Red diamonds- A red color diamond is rarest, not many jewelers around the world have seen this color diamond too. The largest red diamond is the red shield 5.11carats.

Diamond jewelry should be stored separately from other jewelry. Avoid wearing diamonds when doing a lot of physical work. Clean it with a water and mild detergent.

Value of a diamond is determined by a mixture of professional grading and taste. The so-called 'four Cs' determine a diamond's worth: cut, color, clarity and carat (weight). In that precise order. For example, if you want to impress by buying a big 4-carat rock, you be sure either you have big bags for pockets or you can afford to buy a poor cut, L color and Included grade diamond (which we doubt). So logically a two-carat diamond of impeccable color and clarity will be worth more than twice the value of a one-carat of identical quality and shape.

Now is a good time to learn to appreciate (and buy) diamonds. The value of these sparkling rocks is rising slightly faster than inflation and a 15 per cent hike in rough diamond prices over the past six months has yet to have an impact on prices to the consumer.

To explain: diamond color grades range from D to Z. D, E and F are colorless or 'white', G, H, I and J are near colorless which means slight tints of yellow, K, L and M are faint yellow, N-Z are light yellow. Complication: bright, fancy Z+ colors are very rare and have fancy values.

As for clarity: the range is from Fl (flawless - almost too fine and expensive to be worn), through IF (internally flawless, some external flaws but very negligible), VVS1 and VVS2 (with very small 'inclusions' - bits and pieces such as clouds or crystals, negligible again), VS1 and VS2, SI1 and SI2, almost negligible, and finally from I1 - where the inclusions are not obvious without a loupe, a jeweler’s 10X magnifying glass - to I2, where they are visible to the naked eye, and I3, where the diamonds are grey or whitish, as if they have suffered a blow, and are considered unacceptable.

Then comes shape or cut, the execution of the shape. Round brilliant cut - the classic diamond shape - is the Rolex of diamond cuts, according to the auctioneer and a diamond geek Stephen Giles. It is the most popular and often worth more than other shapes. Which reminds me of the second major rule of good investment after 'buy for love': 'buy what everybody else is buying'.