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Natural
Fancy Pink Diamonds
Natural Color
Diamonds can be found organically in every shade of the spectrum and
each and every stone is unique onto itself. The physical conditions
required to form these miracles of nature occur so rarely that only
one diamond in 10,000 possesses this natural color.
The price of
natural color diamonds varies widely depending on the color, market
demand and rareness. The following list presents the maximum value
that color diamonds can reach, from highest to lowest. Prices also
depend on the intensity of the color, and on the purity and weight of
the diamond.
Although nice
blue diamonds are rarer than nice pink diamonds, their price is the same.
These stones
are as rare as those mentioned above but their price is slightly
lower because their "double-barrel" names (usually given by
the laboratories) wrongly make them less attractive.
These are more
expensive than brown diamonds when they are of natural origin, but it
is very difficult to distinguish natural color from treated color.
However laboratories have developed trustworthy techniques for the
larger stones.
Natural fancy
pink diamonds are completely natural and caused by a process called
'plastic deformation' when pink graining is caused by a natural
deformation of the diamond crystal while it is in a semi-solid state.
Most fancy natural pink diamonds come from the Argyle mine in
northwestern Australia. "... A pink diamond has long been
considered one of the rarest colored diamonds." (source: S.C.
Hofer, Pink Diamonds from Australia, 1985).
The seven
natural color grades for natural fancy colored diamonds are, in
ascending order, faint, very light, light, fancy, fancy intense,
fancy vivid and fancy deep. Fancy vivid and fancy deep the most
desired hues.
Red, purple
and orange are the secondary hues found in natural fancy pink diamonds.
Today, the
pink diamond is playing the role of Cupid among the colored diamonds.
The six-carat pink diamond engagement ring that Ben Affleck gave
Jennifer Lopez is being sold for an undisclosed amount. Jennifer
returned the ring to Ben after their January 2004 breakup and Ben has
asked Harry Winston to sell it for him. He reportedly paid Winston
$1.2 million for the ring in 2002.
Natural fancy
pink diamonds come in all cuts, including princess, emerald, asscher,
oval marquise, pear, radiant, heart and cushion, though round natural
fancy pink diamonds are the most common. |
