How To Create A Truly Unique Engagement Ring With Fancy Diamonds

Fancy diamonds have a long history of intrigue, mystery and romance. Also known as colored diamonds or fancy colored diamonds, they are the rarest of all diamonds. Only one colored diamond is discovered for every ten thousand white diamonds discovered. As you might imagine, fancy diamonds demand prices twenty to twenty-five times higher than colorless diamonds. In recent years, fancy diamonds have been increasing in popularity as an increasing number of Hollywood celebrities have been spotted wearing these colored stones.

Colored diamonds are rare, but red, intense green and intense purple diamonds are extremely rare. Fewer than ten of each color are found per year. Due to their scarcity, the larger, more perfect diamonds of these colors command prices of US$1 million and higher.

Once reserved for heads of state, aristocracy and the ultra wealthy, fancy diamonds are now available to anyone who has the means and desire to enjoy the rare and unique beauty of these precious jewels.

Diamonds are formed deep within the earth at a depth of 87 to 120 miles below the surface. Millions of years ago, temperatures reaching up to 1300 degrees centigrade combined with high pressures to form diamonds. Then a relatively small number of volcanoes (whose magma reached three times deeper than most volcanic magma sources), carried the diamonds up to the surface during volcanic eruptions.

The first colored diamonds documented were mined on ancient Indian rivers as long as 6,000 years ago. Today, mines are located in several areas of the world. The largest diamond mining company is De Beers, followed by BHP Billiton, the Rio Tinto Group and Petra Diamonds. The Argyle Mine in Australia mines over 90% of the world's pink diamonds as well as other colors. This mine is due to close in 2018. This will no doubt contribute to higher prices for the Argyle diamonds.

There are still bargains to be found if you are willing to do a little research. Price is determined by rarity, color, and popularity. Some of the rarer diamonds are not as popular right now and can be purchased for much less than those colors being worn by the stars. Colored diamonds represent all that is most precious.

Although colored diamonds are more expensive than colorless diamonds, imagine how special the one you love will feel knowing she is wearing such an extremely rare diamond.
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Jewellery - Categories

Generalized classification of precious stones
So, the broad stones which also includes things? It includes inorganic and organic gem stones into two categories.

Inorganic natural gems and synthetic gems gemstone points. Natural gemstone natural geological processes that formed the gems, they are from a single mineral crystals or by the number of single, complex mineral composition of rocks gathered together, such as diamonds, rubies, sapphires, peridot, crystal (single minerals) and Jade, She too Tsui, soft too (rock), etc.; artificial gemstones, including synthetic and imitation gemstones (also known as imitation precious stones). Department of Synthetic gem of a natural gem that people in accordance with the chemical composition, the formation of physical and chemical conditions in the laboratory or the factory synthesized "inorganic gem", and their physical and chemical properties of the same or similar natural stones, such as the artificial Diamond, synthetic ruby, synthetic crystal, etc.; fake gems refers to a similar look with some plastic, glass and other products, or inorganic compounds, their physical and chemical properties similar to natural stones with no fixed non-contact. Such items are: imitation diamond cubic zirconia (the so-called "Soviet drilling"), the plastic imitation pearls, imitation jade green glass.

Organic gems that his role in the formation and biological or biotechnology-related gems, such as coral, pearls, amber and so on.
Narrow classification of precious stones
What do you mean gems and narrow it? It specifically refers to those posed by a single mineral crystal gems, such as diamonds, red (blue) gems, peridot, crystal, etc.; many single, complex mineral composition of the rock is classified as jade stones range; professional name for people to use more of these : precious stones, jade, or collectively, the "gem", which derived from the "Gems learning" the discipline name.