Diamonds and Fine Jewelry

Last week I went into a bit of detail about enhancing the clarity of a diamond it give it a certain sparkle that it may be missing. There is also another way to enhance a diamond and that would be to enhance its color.

Fancy diamonds (pink, blue, green, yellow, and loose colored diamonds) are very popular, yet expensive but there are certain ways to create them.

In order to create a fancy diamond color, a yellow or brown gemstone has to be used. These diamonds are irradiated and then go through an immense amount of heat. This is called the high temperature, high pressure technique (HPHT). This process also changes brown diamonds into colorless diamonds as well. These diamonds are nearly perfect and usually cost less than natural diamonds.