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While most people prefer colorless diamonds in their diamond engagement rings and wedding rings, these diamonds are not in fact the most valuable diamonds.  Diamonds that have a vivid shade of yellow, blue, red, green and even orange are much more valuable than colorless diamonds.  These diamonds recently have become quite popular.  Here are some things to keep in mind when considering colored diamonds.

It is possible to manipulate a diamond’s color. Since colored diamonds are considerably more valuable and are more popular than ever but are nonetheless quite rare, manufacturers have found ways to turn colorless diamonds colored.  If you’re considering such a stone, make sure to look at the diamond’s certificate to verify it is in fact a naturally occurring colored diamond.

Naturally colored diamonds are expensive. You will spend much more money on this sort of diamond than you will on a colorless diamond.  It is for this reason that colored diamonds are so unheard of – they fetch such high prices that only the rich and royalty can afford them.

The vast majority of colored diamonds are yellow or brown. The colors that most women like, such as blue, green, orange, pink and red are uncommon in diamonds because the amount of heat, pressure – and in some cases, radiation – required, rarely occur.  This is mainly because of the volatile nature of diamond creation that involves volcanic eruptions and the percentage of elements present when a diamond is formed.  The most common elements are nitrogen and boron and this is why colored diamonds are usually yellow or brown, or have a bluish tint in sunlight.

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