| Yellow diamonds were once thought to be inferior. | | | | most notably Dennis Quaid's main squeeze, |
| Paler yellows, such as canary yellow, are more | | | | Kimberly Buffington, supermodel Heidi Klum, cover |
| common but are not as desirable as their darker | | | | girl Varonica Varekova, hockey player Petr |
| counterparts. Intense fancy yellow diamonds are | | | | Nedved, producer Rodney Jenkins, and singer Joy |
| the most rare and valuable of the yellow | | | | Enriquez. Celebrities may be adopting yellow |
| diamonds. A tiny .25-carat yellow diamond can be | | | | diamonds as the newest hot diamond trend due |
| priced as high as 10,000 dollars depending on its | | | | to their extreme rarity. |
| clarity and cut. Several larger 6 carat Fancy Vivid | | | | Yellow diamonds are rarely found in diamond |
| Yellow diamonds have just recently been sold for | | | | mines. Only estimated 1/10 of 1 ppercent of |
| $57.000 per carat. | | | | diamonds mined have an intense yellow color. It is |
| Yellow diamonds are colored because of the | | | | fortunate for the general public that lab created |
| impurities that are trapped inside diamonds when | | | | yellow diamonds are more common, more |
| they are created. If a few of the millions of | | | | affordable, and just as beautiful. |
| carbon atoms have been replaced by nitrogen | | | | Tiffany Diamond |
| atoms, then structure of the diamond will not be | | | | The Tiffany Yellow is one of the most famous of |
| significantly altered but the clarity will be changed. | | | | the yellow diamonds. It is believed that the |
| The amount of color displayed is dependent on | | | | diamond was found in 1877 or 1878 at the De |
| the amount of nitrogen involved. | | | | Beers Mine in South Africa. In the rough, the |
| When we see color it is because the object we | | | | stone was a beautiful canary-yellow octahedron |
| are looking at reflected a specific wavelength of | | | | weighing 287.42 (metric) carats and it was valued |
| the light spectrum. A good example of this is a | | | | at $12,000.000 in 1983. It is difficult to get an |
| yellow flower. The jeans absorb all of the light | | | | accurate description because no Major |
| except the blue light, which is reflected by the | | | | Gemological organization has ever formerly |
| yellow flower. | | | | examined the diamond. |
| The increase the popularity of the Yellow | | | | Kimberly Octahedron |
| diamonds has been caused by several factors. | | | | The Kimberly Octahedron was discovered in the |
| Celebrities are increasingly purchasing the very | | | | Dutoitspan Mine in South Africa in 1964. At 616 |
| rare but beautiful Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamonds. | | | | carats it is considered the largest yellow diamond |
| Johnny Damon, the Red Sox baseball star, | | | | in the world. |
| married Michelle Mangan last year, everyone was | | | | With the new techniques in creating laboratory |
| dazzled by the brilliant yellow diamond | | | | diamonds it will only be a matter of time before |
| engagement ring she was wearing, so the yellow | | | | quality Yellow diamonds are available to the |
| diamond has begun to take over the spotlight. | | | | general public at an affordable price. |
| Many other celebrities jumped on the bandwagon, | | | | |