Natural Fancy Colored Diamonds

Colored diamonds are among the rarest gems in the world!

How do diamonds get their colors?

Natural fancy color diamonds get their coloring in different ways:

From different trace elements present in the stones, such as nitrogen, which produces a yellow diamond.
From exposure to radiation during the diamond's creation. Green diamonds are an example of gems affected by radiation.
Inclusions, regarded as undesirable in a colorless stone, often contribute unique tones and interesting flashes of color in a fancy color diamond.

Other ways diamonds can get their color:
- Lab-grown Diamonds (Cultured or Synthetic Diamonds)
- Diamond Color Treatment or Enchancement (CE Diamonds)
In both cases prices are several times cheaper than of the natural stones.

How Fancy Colored Diamonds are Graded and Valued

The GIA grades the saturation of color by 9 different verbal categories. They are: Faint, Very Light, Light, Fancy Light, Fancy, Fancy Dark, Fancy Intense, Fancy Deep and Fancy Vivid. In general, colored diamonds that run from Fancy through Fancy Intense through Fancy Vivid will be the overall quality line which produces the most expensive of colored diamonds in any given color.
more at: Fancy Colored Diamonds Grade

Fancy Color Diamonds Price

The price of natural color diamonds varies widely depending on the color, market demand and rareness. Prices depend on the intensity of the color, on the purity and weight of the diamond.

Red colored diamonds are the most rarest and that is why the most expensive diamonds. The same with intense purple and intense green stones. The price can achieve 1 000 000 US dollars per carat.
Bluish-green and greenish-blue, purplish-red are of the same rarity as reds. Their price can achieve 500 000 US dollars per carat.
Blue diamonds - 150 000 US dollars per carat. Pink diamonds - 100 000 US dollars per carat.
Pure orange colored diamonds - from 35 000 US dollars per carat.
Yellow diamonds are very popular and widely used in jewellery - 10 000 US dollars per carat.
Olive color, cognac colored diamonds which between yellow and brown - 4 500 US dollars per carat.
Gray stones are not so popular - 3 000 US dollars per carat.
Black diamonds - 1 000 US dollars per carat.
Brown diamonds are the cheapest in the category and are not rare - their price can achieve 1 500 US dollars per carat.

Famous Fancy Colored Diamonds

This chapter is about famous fancy diamonds ever found. You will find description and history of some most interesting stones: Famous Diamonds