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Article #161: variety of diamonds

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VARIETY OF DIAMONDS 3. Champagne Diamonds
Diamond the most valued gemstone. The Champagne diamonds are naturally colored
name comes from the Greek word "Adamas" diamonds that are produced in a wide
meaning “invincible“. The diamond is range of colors from light straw to rich
considered the greatest of stones, cognac. The 4C's of color, cut, clarity
revered throughout the ages for its great and carat weight apply to colored
beauty, and strength. The diamond is said diamonds just as they do to colorless
to enhance the wearer with charm and diamonds except the intensity of color,
beauty, which makes it women's best not lack of it, plays a greater part in
friend from ages. the valuation. The diamonds are graded on
1. Pink Diamonds a C1-C7 color scale. The fancy cognac
The pink diamond is the world's most rare diamond is graded C7.
and valuable diamond. The Argyle mine is 4. Pink Champagne Diamonds
the world's foremost source of unrivalled Attractive champagne diamonds with
intense pink diamonds, producing 95% of secondary pink color are also available
the world's supply. Argyle has sold pink and command a higher price per carat than
diamonds for up to $1 million a carat. champagne diamonds. These stones display
For years the white diamond was slight to bold flashes of pink in their
considered the world's most beautiful fire. Pink is one of the rare colors
diamond, found in diamonds.
2. White Diamonds There are some more varieties of diamonds
White diamonds are produced by mines all available in different colors such as
over the world in a wide variety of yellow diamonds, blue diamonds and the
shapes and sizes. The white diamonds green diamonds. These are some of the
recovered from the Argyle mine are rarely found varieties of diamonds.
particularly brilliant and of high Diamonds are not only used for jewelry,
quality. The Argyle mine also produces other than fashion it is also widely used
white diamonds with secondary pink color in the industries. These industrial
that command a higher price per carat. A diamonds are a bit different from the gem
higher price is commanded for pink diamonds. Diamonds hold their own
secondary color depending on its depth significance in different streams and its
and strength, because pink is one of the beauty and tendency to perform helps it
most rare colors found in diamonds. to excel over others.






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