Colored Diamonds

We are now in an era where authentic diamonds are treated in order to produce fancy colored diamonds which are more affordable to buyers. By applying treatment to lower quality diamonds, they turn out to be like the original one.

The diamonds undergo an irradiation process which is followed by excessive heating. This treatment transforms brown and yellowish diamonds into attractive colored diamonds that are affordable in price. This amazing process creates sparkling assorted colors such as green, blue and yellow diamonds. You can be sure that these colors will become permanent if the gems are not exposed to a more intense heat during repairs and modifications.

Diamonds which are naturally colored are very expensive and rare that is why irradiation treatments are being done to make them affordable to buyers.

If you are a buyer of this precious stone, you must remember that if they are sold at a lower price and yet they are colored, then, they must have undergone treatment. It is just impossible to find colored diamonds in the market today which are offered in discounted prices. To be sure, ask where the gem originated and look for the lab certificate to know if it is authentic. It would be better also to have it appraised by a well known and reliable appraiser.

But if you prefer a cheaper colored diamond suited to your budget, then, you must assume that they have been treated by any of the following:

• By Radiation

In order to create diamonds which are fancy colored, an intense exposure to radiation is done. The natural color present in the diamond becomes its fancy color when treated. An example of this is the nitrogen which creates a yellow diamond. The green diamond is one kind which is greatly affected by radiation.

• Thru Inclusion

This is another way to get a colored diamond. This process provides brilliant tones and sparkling beams of color, turning a fancy colored diamond into a captivating gem which is now hard to distinguish from the original one.

You must always have in mind that authentic diamonds command a very high price and must always be accompanied by a certificate from a well known lab.

Diamonds which are most famous in the world are the colored diamonds. One of them is the Tiffany diamond which is colored gold and the Hope diamond which is colored blue. These diamonds enjoy a stable high price for more than 30 years. The blue and pink of this gem have appreciated every 5 years in its financial records, given a strong and stable economy. That means, if you purchased a high valued diamond way back in 1970's for about $50,000, it will be worth between $2 million and $3 million at this time.

Generations will prove that this is the only kind of gem which is not affected by erratic trends in the price of prime commodities like crude oil. Even now, the wealthiest people opt to invest in diamonds because they know that the outstanding value of this stone is forever.