Fancy Colored Diamonds
The gem that has probably most captured the imagination of jewelry lovers world over is the diamond.
Sure, it has the good fortune of having had one of the most successful marketing schemes ever – who doesn’t know that a diamond is forever? – but the diamond has been sought after, fought over and worshipped for thousands of years, way, way, way before DeBeers took over the commercial diamond industry.
The word diamond is derived from the Greek adamas, meaning unbreakable, indestructible. Diamonds benefit from a unique structure that gives them the highest hardness of any natural material and a high refractive index, the reason light dances in them with such dizzying beauty.
When giving a gift of diamond jewelry it’s almost impossible to go wrong when you follow the 4 C’s of diamond buying. And though once the realm of royalty, fancy colored diamonds are now accessible to any one. These will be almost without exception lab treated, or enhanced, stones because natural colored ones are so rare. But stones chosen for treatment tend to be high quality because the process is so expensive and even with technological advances, the final color of the treated stone can never be determined ahead of time.
So whether they are pink diamond earrings, yellow diamond necklaces or blue diamond rings, fancy-colored diamond gifts are sure to delight.
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