Yellow Diamonds The New Trend In Diamonds
Once thought inferior, yellow diamonds are no longer the "black sheep" of the diamond family. The increase in their popularity can be linked to many factors including the recent instances of high society celebrities excitingly and brazenly showing off their own yellow colored stones, the public gaining the knowledge that yellow diamonds are very rare, even in diamond terms, and lastly the rising supply of affordable imitation yellow diamonds through the CVD process. This article will introduce the qualities of yellow diamonds as well as attempt to explain their growing popularity.
Hollywood Celebrities Love Yellow Diamonds
It wasn't that long ago that pink sapphires were all the rage in Hollywood engagements but for the past year or so, the yellow diamond has begun to take over the spotlight. When Red Sox baseball star, Johnny Damon married Michelle Mangan last year, everyone was dazzled by the brilliant yellow diamond engagement ring she was "sporting".
And the engagement between supermodel Heidi Klum and famous singer Seal was made even bigger headlines by the enormous canary yellow diamond ring Seal presented to his beloved. Many other celebrities jumped on the bandwagon, most notably Dennis Quaid's main squeeze, Kimberly Buffington and cover girl Varonica Varekova. It's probably true that celebs have adopted yellow diamonds as the newest hot diamond trend due to their extreme rarity.
Natural Yellow Diamonds Extremely Rare
Yellow diamonds are rarely found in diamond mines. Only estimated fractions of a percent of diamonds mined have an intense yellow color. Paler yellows, such as canary yellow, are more common but are not as desirable as their darker counterparts. Intense fancy yellow diamonds are the most rare and valuable of the yellow diamonds. A tiny .25-carat yellow diamond can be priced as high as 10,000 dollars depending on its clarity and cut. It is fortunate for the general public that lab created yellow diamonds are more common, more affordable, and just as beautiful.
CVD Produced Yellow Diamonds
It was only about a decade ago that an American factory discovered the secret to making real diamonds, identical to the ones found in nature, by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). At first creators of CVD diamonds were disappointed because they couldn't produce colorless diamonds, only yellow ones that were unwanted by consumers at the time. Initially the CVD minerals were used for industrial purposes but as knowledge grew and popularity rose, CVD were offered in diamond jewelry to the general public. Even most professional jewelers cannot tell CVD yellow diamonds from naturally occurring yellow diamonds.
