My Pink Diamonds

When people talk about Diamond Studs, what they are probably referring to are Diamond Stud Earrings. These are earrings which happen to use a diamond or diamonds in the design setting. The base material of the Diamond Studs could be a precious metal like gold, silver or platinum.

If you are not satisfied with the designs or stones used for the existing Diamond Studs you find out there, it is always possible to get your own customized Diamond Studs designed for you by the jeweler of your choice. The nice thing about customized Diamond Studs is that you can choose the base of the Diamond Studs yourself, then pick out which diamonds you want to use.

“What? Choose a diamond? But diamonds are all alike right?” That may be what is in your mind when you hear that having your Diamond Studs custom-made means you can pick out your own diamonds. Actually, diamonds are not generic, meaning one diamond may be very different from another diamond even if the eyes of a layman think they are exactly alike. That is why Diamond Studs that may look alike can actually be very different from one another.

There are four factors that determine the value of the diamonds in your Diamond Studs. These four factors are Clarity, Color, Cut and Carat. Clarity shows how pure your diamonds in your Diamond Studs are. Color is dictated by Mother Nature and is not influenced by human skills – this shows the natural body color of your diamonds. The Cut is what is determined by the skill of the artisan. A diamond in the hands of a novice will not have as good a Cut as a diamond which was designed by an experienced artisan. You should also remember that a diamond can only be cut by another diamond – that is how hard the diamonds in your Diamond Studs are. Lastly, Carat will determine the carat weight of your individual diamonds.

Among these four factors, the Cut is considered the most important because this will help the diamond show its best brilliance, sparkle and fire. That is why the most skilled jewelers can command pretty high prices for their customized Diamond Studs. Not everyone can churn out customized Diamond Studs that are unique, special and very attractive on a consistent basis. It helps that skilled jewelers really have an eye for making your Diamond Studs look great, regardless of the original shape of the diamonds. One wrong move by the artisan and your Diamond Studs may get wrecked beyond repair and beyond redemption as far as jeweler’s standards are concerned.

That is why your jeweler has to be able to gauge the value of the diamonds to be set in your Diamond Studs accurately. To do this right, independent gemological laboratories will calculate the value of your diamonds and issue a certification stating this. The diamond has to be of a good enough shape, and possess the fire and sparkle that the user will want to see. The fire and sparkle is what you might call the “brilliance” that sets apart high end Diamond Studs from the lower end Diamond Studs.

Colour, when applied to white diamonds, is often misunderstood by people outside the diamond industry.

Most people think that all white diamonds are colourless. In fact, truly colourless diamonds are quite rare. The diamonds used most often in jewelry are nearly colourless with faint yellow or brown tints. These diamonds fall into the normal colour range.Within the normal colour range, the closer to colourless, the more desirable and valuable the diamond.

In the 1950’s, the GIA introduced the D-Z colour grading scale that is still the industry standard.

GIA Colour Grade ScaleD – F: ColourlessG – J: Near ColourlessK – M: Faint YellowN – R: Very Light YellowS – Z: Light Yellow

How is colour measured?Colour in white diamonds is most commonly measured by comparing the diamond to a set of ‘master stones’ of known colour. The highest ‘master stone’ is E-colour. Any diamond better than the E-colour master is rated D-colour.

Each colour grade is actually a narrow range of colors. There is no one exact colour for any GIA grade. So, an F-colour diamond can be a strong, average or weak F-colour. However, as long as the diamond is better than the G-colour master, it receives an F-colour grade.

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FluorescenceFluorescence is a unique effect that causes some diamonds to produce a glow (usually blue or yellow) when exposed to a strong ultraviolet light. Some prefer a diamond with some ‘blue fluorescence’ because it may make the diamond in the ‘near colourless’ or ‘faint yellow’ ranges look somewhat whiter.

In the ‘colourless’ range, fluorescence has no effect on colour, though it can cause the diamond to have a slightly milky appearance.

Why is a diamond’s colour grade important?The brilliant, fiery, sparkles of light that radiate from a high quality white diamond are unmatched by any other gem. The diamond acts like a prism, dividing light into spectral colors, which are then reflected as colour flashes, called fire. Any natural colour in the diamond filters the light, reducing its fire and brilliance.

The less colour in the diamond, the more colorful the fire, and the better the diamond’s colour grade. The better the colour grade, the more desirable and valuable the diamond.

Some people said that yellow diamond ring is not worth to buy; some others said that colorless or other fancy colored diamonds are better. But, it’s that true? I don’t think so.

Sometimes, people have misperception about what is the meaning of yellow diamond. If you already learn about diamond 4C’s, you must be know that for a white diamond grading, there are color grading ranging from D (colorless white) to Z (light yellow). Yellow diamond is not a grade Z of white diamond grading, but it’s beyond that. That is why they called fancy colored diamonds.

Yellow diamond ring price could be more expensive than colorless white diamond. Yellow diamond gained its popularity several years ago when many celebrities give yellow diamond ring to his fiancée as an engagement ring.

Deep color natural diamonds are rare and therefore they are so expensive. While there are many pale color yellow diamonds, these diamonds are prized not so expensive and sometimes they categorizes as a white diamond grade Z color.

However, there are also manmade yellow diamonds. These diamonds are produced in laboratory. CVD (chemical vapor deposition) is the name of process to produce a synthetic diamond. With this process, people try to simulate the diamond forming process in the labs as in nature, of course, it’s much faster, and you don’t have to wait million years to get the diamonds.

Synthetic diamond qualities are getting better and better. So, if you want to buy yellow diamond ring with natural diamonds on it, you better buy the one that have certificate. Without diamond certificate, a normal person could be hard to telling the different between the real one with the synthetic.

More people nowadays put a premium on being unique or different, and having a unique set of diamond jewelry that you made from loose cut diamonds that you can find from a lot of jewelry makers is one of them. You can create stunning diamond jewelry from loose cut diamonds by creating your own design and having them set in the kind of setting you want them to be in.

The Many Different Cuts for Loose Cut Diamonds

They are called loose cut diamonds because they are pre-cut diamonds, and they have not yet been set in jewelry. These loose cut diamonds that you can choose from can be made into beautiful jewelry of your own design or from a design you saw and you like. The many different cuts that these diamonds come in can be combined to create unique pieces all your own or can even be combined with other precious and semi-precious gems to create a colorful and different piece of jewelry unlike any other. Here are some of the more popular diamond cuts you can have set in different kinds of jewelry

Round Diamonds: These are probably the most common of all cuts yet are considered the most brilliant and the most elegant due to their simplicity. Round loose cut diamonds often reflect more light than some of their other counterparts due to the way this diamond is cut and shaped, which evenly reflects light back up the stone. You can use this type of loose cut diamonds on earrings, rings, a pendant, and on a bracelet. Since the round cut of this diamond gives it versatility and its simplicity gives it elegance, it can be set alone in any piece of jewelry; and it would still look beautiful.

Emerald Cut Diamonds: These rectangular-shaped loose diamonds are usually used on men’s jewelry. You can see these kinds of diamonds on such pieces as cuff links and tie-pins. Loose cut diamonds in this shape can also be used on women’s jewelry, but careful design considerations need to be taken to make the piece look feminine or ladylike for a woman to wear. This can be achieved by combining such a rock with some other precious stones like rubies or sapphires to give the piece of jewelry some color and some feminine appeal.

Radiant Cut Diamonds: Square-shaped loose cut diamonds like the radiant cut can also be used for men’s jewelry or combined with other diamond shapes for feminine jewelry or set in an elaborate setting for the same reason.

Oval Cut Diamonds: Another popular kind of diamond cut, loose cut diamonds in the oval shape is often a choice by women for various jewelry designs they might have. While not as brilliant or as impressive as round cut diamonds, oval cut ones can be pretty to look at when set in the right kind of setting or combined with the right kind of jewelry elements.

Odd-shaped Diamonds: Other diamond shapes that are also popular as loose cut diamonds include odd-shaped ones like the pear-shaped or teardrop-shaped diamonds that make good-looking drop earrings and solitaire pendants, heart-shaped diamonds that sometimes come in shades of pink, marquis cut diamonds that are often seen on rings and earrings, and trillion-cut diamonds that are actually shaped like triangles.

People who buy diamonds are often adviced to take note of the four C’s – clarity, color, carat weight and cut.  All things being equal, most people will usually base their purchase on the diamond’s cut.  The cut, after all, not only influences the diamond’s size and shape but also its brilliance.  One of the most popular cuts that people choose these days is the princess cut — simple, beautiful and capable of bringing out the fire in a diamond.  Here are just a few reasons why princess cut diamonds are a good choice for engagement rings:BrillianceThe most stunning and desirable quality in diamonds other than their hardness and durability is their brilliance.  Regardless of how well some gemstones are cut and polished, nothing quite achieves the same reflective power that a diamond has.  The princess cut was first seen in 1964.  Before then, round cut diamonds (or brilliant cut) were the more preferred cuts over square cuts (also known as emerald cut) because they tended to reflect light more.  The princess cut was developed as a way to combine the brilliance of the round cut to the unique beauty of the square cut.  With princess cut engagement rings, even square diamonds could exhibit multiple facets.  The princess cut made square-shaped diamonds sparkle.  As a result, they have become more attractive not just for traditional jewelry but also as engagement rings.  With the extra faceting, princess cut diamonds look more stunning, especially when worn by a blushing bride-to-be.Choice of setting styleProbably the most known setting type is the Tiffany, a setting that utilizes a set of crowns or prongs to hold a diamond to a band ring, which is plain.  Although the princess cut engagement ring can look beautiful on this type of setting, it can also look its best using other settings.  For the popular eternity ring, for example, the preferred style for anniversary bands, princess cut diamonds are considered the most ideal gemstones to use.PriceThanks to improved methods, diamonds these days are not exactly rare but they remain pricey.  Princes cut diamonds, however, are sold at pocket-friendly and relatively cheaper prices.  This is one of the best reasons why princess cut engagement rings are a good choice.  They are affordable (or even reasonably priced, depending on the carat weight, color and setting) but do not sacrifice style, beauty and brilliance for their user-friendly price.

Most people, when they think of diamonds, think of colourless diamonds.  After all, this is what you see in the shops all the time.

However, few people realise that diamonds actually exist in all different colours.  Natural coloured diamonds – or ‘fancy coloured diamonds’ – represent one of the most concentrated forms of wealth in the world.  After all, you can transport diamonds in your pocket.  They are rare beasts, with only 0.001% of diamonds mined in the world each year are coloured diamonds.

Diamonds exist in red, green, blue, pink, purple, orange, yellow, grey, brown and black.  The colour of the diamond, along with its vividness of colour, determines it value.

Red diamonds are the most rare of all, with less than 20 diamonds in the world having been certified as red.  At auction, these diamonds command incredible prices, often upwards of a million dollars per carat or more.

Green diamonds, blue diamonds are then the most rare and expensive, followed by pink diamonds. 

The vividness of colour is incredibly important when it comes to coloured diamonds.  The more intense the colour, the higher the value. 

Coloured diamonds need to be seen via digital image or in person.  After all, their grading of colour has to be a subjective one – can you imagine, for example, how a ‘fancy light yellow diamond’ would look?

Traditionally, the most sought after coloured diamonds have increased in value by an amazing 10-15% each year, as they become increasingly scarce, with findings of these precious stones becoming less and less.  The demand for these diamonds, however, is strong, and so over the next 5 years, experts predict that these diamonds will continue to represent an excellent investment opportunity.

Because of the extreme demands for diamond rings, there are a lot of designs to choose from. In fact, when you go inside the jewelry store, about 80 percent of the rings that they are selling have diamonds in them.
With literally hundreds, thousands and perhaps even millions of designs on your plate, how do you find then a unique diamond ring that you can call your own?
Basically, there are no designs that are exactly alike. Unless a customer asked to copy one design, a design will remain unique. Differences however lie on the details and not on the general design or the overall look. In fact, people will not be able to tell the difference between some designs unless they look at them closely. In order to really own something that is really unique, you really have to make an effort to look. Here are some ways that will allow you to wear a diamond ring like no other.
1. Create your own.
Why not try to design your own ring? Most stores accept made to order so why not try to submit a sketch of that diamond ring that you have been wanting to own? Who knows, it might just be workable.
When you ask for the ring to be made to order, make sure that you are aware of the price. The sales personnel will surely ask you to choose from their loose diamonds so be aware of the budget that you have set. Also, ask first if there is an additional charge for made-to-order pieces. Although most stores do it for free, it is still good to ask just to make sure that there are no hidden charges.
2. Try it with other stones
Solitaire diamond rings may seem really nice but unfortunately most people already own a diamond solitaire ring and what is more, there is only a few ways to set the diamonds on the gold. Chances are, new designs are not that many. If you really want designs that are unique, try diamond rings that have other stones with it like emeralds, rubies or sapphires. Try to pair it with the color of your eyes and see if it fits you.
3. Be on the look out for new designs or unique pieces
Not everything that is sold in the stores are carbon copies of each other. In fact, there are pieces that are actually unique. Try to be on the look out for these kinds of pieces. If you do not have the patience, ask the store personnel.

When they think of diamonds, colored diamonds aren’t usually what comes to people’s minds. The fact is however that fancy colored diamonds are not unusual; they come in almost every shade and hue imaginable, and in many cases, are more valuable than “colorless’ diamonds.

A Glorified Lump of Coal?

Diamond – known to the ancients as adamantine – is what is known as an allotrope of carbon, and in chemical terms, is identical to common forms of coal and graphite. The difference lies not in chemical composition, but rather in how the molecules are arranged.

Diamonds form far deeper beneath the earth’s surface than coal or graphite; the carbon is subjected to extraordinarily higher pressures (up to 440 tons per square inch) and temperatures (as much as 2300 degrees Fahrenheit). This causes the molecules to be bonded to each other in a tetrahedral arrangement, accounting both for the hardness of diamond and the eight-sided shape in which they occur.

Shades of Difference

Colored diamonds are ones in which this molecular arrangement has been contaminated by a chemical reaction with some other element. A diamond that is made from pure carbon and has no structural flaws would be as perfectly transparent as pure water ice. However, no such 100% flawless diamonds have ever been found in nature.

Colored diamonds range in color from pale blue and storm gray to dark amber and even black. Pink, purple, reds and oranges have also been found. The color depends on the nature of the chemical impurity; amber and brown diamonds result from nitrogen; when internal flaws are present, they may be pink or red. A grey coloration is caused by boron, whereas a deep blue diamond may be the result of hydrogen.

Are They More Valuable?

Colored diamonds are not necessarily more valuable than clear or colorless ones, although they may be. If a collection of loose diamonds includes gemstones with a yellowish tinge, they may have less value; jewelry retailers often discount the price of such gems. One the other hand, pink and red diamonds are exceedingly rare, and command high prices on the open market when they are available at all.Grading Of Colored Diamonds

Like their clear counterparts, colored diamonds have a unique grading system used by gemologists when analyzing and evaluating such stones. These range from “faint” on one end, to “fancy” in the mid range, and “fancy dark” for those with the most intense coloration.

Famous Examples

The Hope Diamond is a blue diamond that is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institute. One of the most valuable diamonds on earth (and the inspiration for a series of comedy films featuring a bumbling French detective) is the Dar-I-Nur, an enormous pink diamond that is part of the Persian Crown Jewels. Colored diamonds of many different varieties – including a “chameleon” diamond that changes color – are part of the Aurora Collection, which has published photo images of their gems and can be seen at the London Museum of Natural History.

Most people have had experience with diamonds, the beautiful, shimmering and shining gems that are a symbol of eternal love. However, more and more there are colored diamonds being marketed that seem to be the exact opposite of what a diamond is supposed to look like. It is now not uncommon to hear of ruby red diamonds, amber diamonds, yellow or pink diamonds or even blue and green diamonds. There are even very unusual colored diamonds in gray, browns and black colors. This is not a marketing scam, there really are colored or fancy diamonds that are naturally produced in the same fashion that traditional clear diamonds are, they just had additional mineral in the carbon that formed the diamond millions of years ago.
These fancy diamonds are more expensive than the traditional and more common clear diamonds, largely because they are very rarely occurring in nature. It is a true find to discover a fancy diamond and the deeper and more distinct the color is the more costly the diamond is. One estimate states that of 100,000 gem quality clear diamond stones found, only one will be a gem quality colored diamond. Keep in mind that it takes between 200 and 250 tons of mined ore to produce just one gem quality clear diamond, so these really are a rare find.
One of the most famous colored diamonds is the blue colored Hope diamond that was actually cut from a much larger blue diamond with a total weight of 112 carats. The current size of the blue Hope diamond is 45.52 carats, and the famous necklace that features this diamond also has a surrounding setting of clear diamonds. This celebrated diamond also is believed by many to have a curse attached to ownership and it would cost you a cool 250 million dollars to purchase, if the Smithsonian Institute would even consider a sale. Perhaps a bit less well-known pink diamond is the Darya-I-Nur (Sea of Light) diamond that is mounted in a gold brooch setting. This massive pink diamond is a staggering 182 carats and is a very pale pink color. The Hancock diamond, one of the most impressive examples of a red diamond sold for $880,000. Before thinking that this was quite a deal, you might want to consider that the Hancock diamond is less that one carat in size.
Colored diamonds can now be produced in a lab, however these colored diamonds are not as valued as the naturally occurring diamonds. Colors are produced by applying varying degrees of pressure, irradiation and high temperatures to the brownish colored diamonds to produce vivid greens, yellows and blues. Red diamonds can now be produced in a lab through the same general process that includes very high, rapid heating and cooling, irradiation and high pressures. These red diamonds are still difficult to purchase but the lighter pink varieties that are developed in labs are becoming more common and readily available.
Whenever shopping for a colored diamond be sure to use a reputable jeweler and always ask to see a certificate on the diamond. Be very cautious of sales and “deals” on naturally occurring colored diamonds, they are usually not a sale item under any condition.

Shine and luster of the diamond compel and attracts all of us towards it. Most of us loved diamond studded jewellery and like to possess diamond as it is considered as a status symbol. Diamond studded jewellery are quite popular and are treasured, and among them diamond ring is one of the most loved jewellery that is bought by most of the people. A diamond ring worn hand will easily catch the attention of people in a crowd. Although diamond since long has been treasured for their hardness and rarity, but they were not so beautiful in the beginning. Diamond that we see today is the outcome of the hard work and research of the jewelers of that period. After lot of experiment and research they came out with the fantastic cuts to impart a glowing effect from the diamond. It was after this only that diamond was started to be used in jewellery and become a highly possesses items.

The size and quality of a diamond is measured by carat, which is exactly 200 milligrams. A diamond ring with a full carat diamond is expensive. There are the four C’s involved with defining the quality and price of a diamond ring. One should remember that in buying diamonds rings, he should not only look at the designs but also the four C’s properties like the clarity, the carat, the color and the cut. The carat is referred to the weight of the diamond that is we can say that larger the diamond, the more valuable it becomes. This will largely determine the price of the diamond ring that one will buy. Often, stores provide with the record of the properties of each diamond ring that they have on display. Clarity refers to the clearness of the gemstone. The color as the name suggests refers to the color. The cut refers to the way the diamond is cut to enhance its brilliance.

To make the best decision while buying a diamond ring, one should have complete knowledge about diamond and diamond rings. This will further help in understanding one’s requirement and will be clear in mind as to what exactly he is looking for. If a person do not have any knowledge about diamonds, he will simply go and buy the rings which he found attractive or as per the salesman choice. In order to query the salesman and to get complete information about the ring one should be aware of the queries that one has to make. This will make shopping much easier and enjoyable as we all love to shop for a product of which we have a complete knowledge.

One must undertake an extensive market search before buying the diamond rings and do not forget to include the online market apart from the traditional diamond market. This will give one idea about the latest trend prevailing in the market and the prices that are charged of the ring of different weight. It will also help one to get a better deal after all, the diamonds are not purchased every single day and there is no use of buying them unless they are of good quality and able to serve their purpose.