1. Yellow Diamonds - To Buy Or Not To Buy?
Different people have various attitudes towards yellow diamonds. Some believe them to be inferior to
all the other fancy colored, while others have taken to it without hesitation when it became a hot trend
several years ago.
Yellow diamonds whose colorations are graded beyond the Z category in a white diamond grading
scale automatically are classified as fancy colored. Depending on their cut, clarity, carat, and
deepness of yellow coloration, it may become even more expensive than a colorless white diamond.
Yellow diamonds suddenly became popular when celebrities started flaunting them in events. Johnny
Damon of the Red Sox presented his fiancee with a fabulous 8-carat engagement ring colored canary
yellow.
In the same vein, Seal surprised model Heidi Klum with a 10-carat, canary diamond honker of a ring,
while Dennis Quaid gave wife Kimberly an engagement ring with a trilliant-cut canary diamond which
he picked up from Africa while filming "The Flight of the Phoenix."
Rare yellow diamonds
It should be made clear that there actually are natural diamonds that are rare and are therefore
costly. Only a very small percentage of mined diamonds possess a deep color, although there are
many pale diamonds which are not as prized.
Even a yellow diamond that weighs a mere fourth of a carat can cost as much as $10,000, especially
if it has good cut and clarity. These days, it can easily be fabricated for those wanting the diamond's
charm but not its cost.
How manufactured yellow diamonds are made
Manufactured diamonds are man-made - that is, they have been produced in labs where the
conditions required for forming mined diamonds are simulated. The process used to manufacture
synthetic diamonds is called CVD, or chemical vapor deposition.
When CVD was first introduced, its developers were disappointed at not being able to produce the
white diamonds they desired. The products, which came out as diamonds, were then used for
industrial purposes.
However, due to the increase in the popularity of yellow diamonds
[http://www.topdiamondsguide.com/category/fancy-colored-diamonds] for jewelry, the CVD industry
grew and found its niche in the costume jewelry business. And because of the excellent production
process, even professional gemologists have a difficult time telling the CVD-manufactured diamonds
from the naturally occurring diamonds.
Before you make a purchase, you need to know for sure if what you're buying is a naturally occurring
diamond or a manufactured one. There is a huge difference in their prices, although you won't be able
to tell them apart. It is for this reason that you must bring along a trusted gemologist to give you
advice before you part with your hard-earned cash.
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