Diamonds are a specific type of gemstone known for their beauty.
Even though most people believe that these gemstones are available only as white or colorless diamonds, the truth is different.
Colored diamonds are genuine diamonds. They have the same structure and same atomic value as colorless diamonds.
They also have the same qualities in terms of brightness and hardness too.
The color of any diamond is evaluated based on the earth’s natural chemical activity.
As you probably know, every diamond is formed in the earth.
In rare cases, during this process of formation, the pure carbon structure of diamonds comes in touch with some other minerals giving diamonds specific colors.
Some of these colored diamonds are more frequent than the others and that’s why we have decided to create a short list of the rarest diamond colors.
1. Red Diamonds
We will start this list with the rarest colored diamonds.
Gemologists are still not sure what gives these diamonds the specific red color, but most of them agree that the gliding atoms in the specific structure of the diamond is the main reason for this.
It is very difficult to find red diamonds in large sizes and most of them don’t reach over one carat in size.
It’s good to point out that they come in only one color intensity. Due to the fact that they are extremely expensive, some people invest in red diamonds.
2. Pink Diamonds
Pink diamonds obviously exhibit pink color. Just like in the case of red diamonds, gemologists are not sure what gives these diamonds this specific color.
Some of them suggest that it is the great pressure that these diamonds experience in the process of formation that affects their structure and creates this specific color.
What is interesting is that only one pink diamond in the world is completely flawless.They range from included to flawless.
Pink diamonds are mined in Canada, Tanzania, South Africa, Russia, and Brazil, but they were first found in India.
3. Blue Diamonds
Blue Diamonds come in a beautiful blue color.
This color comes as a result of the presence of boron, a naturally occurring chemical element created by supernovae and cosmic ray spallation.
There are only small amounts of this chemical in blue diamonds, but that’s enough for the crystalline lattice structure to get contaminated and the diamonds to appear blue.
The first blue diamond that was officially recorded was the famous Hope Diamond in India back in the 17th century.
The blue diamonds are very rare and besides India, they have been found in South Africa and Australia too.
Some other rare colored diamonds are black diamonds, green diamonds, and orange diamonds. Colored diamonds, which are also known as fancy colored diamonds, are more expensive than ordinary diamonds.
Obviously, the main reason for that is the fact that they are very rare.
Diamonds in rare colors are evaluated just like regular diamonds, but the ones that have more intense colors are usually more expensive.
I love diamonds like every woman does, but I like to go beyond and research the topic to the ground.