Jan 19 2012
Diamond Engagement Rings – Diamonds Have Colours
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Diamond engagement rings are ladies’ best friends. These rings signify and formalize agreements for future weddings. And for ladies, having their partners ask their hands in marriage is one of the best moments in their lives.
Customarily, it is the man who visits the jewelry store to find the right engagement ring for his woman. Selecting an engagement ring is really confusing as there are a lot of varieties, styles, and designs in the market. Furthermore, upon closer look of a diamond, one would observe that it has a slight hue to it. That hue constitutes a part of the four C’s—clarity, carat weight, cut, and color—that determine diamond quality. In this writing, we will talk about the last C, which is color.
A lot of diamonds are not really colorless. The hue comes from impurities that are molecularly embedded in the carbon that composes the diamond. However, it is the pure colorless diamonds, normally called white diamonds, which all other colors are compared to.
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has created a list of guidelines to determine the true color of a diamond. The hue of a candidate stone is compared to the color of corresponding control stones, which are pre-selected to a specific colour.
The diamond that is to be color graded must be a loose stone. This means it must not be set into the metal since the metal can alter the natural hue of the stone. Next, the candidate diamond is put table-down, pavilion-up beside the control stone. It is then viewed and scrutinized with a 10X loupe. A letter system from D to Z is then utilized to classify the the diamond’s color with D being given to scarce, completely colorless diamonds.
* D to F – colorless or white
* G to J – almost colorless
* K to M – tinted in a faint yellow hue
* N to R – lightly tinted in a yellow hue. The tint is visible by the human eye, even without special grading equipment
* S to Z – moderately tinted, going to brown. The color is noticeable even when the diamond is placed on its setting.
Consult with an experienced jeweler to assist you in choosing the perfect engagement ring and diamond earrings with the correct diamond color.
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