| Different people have various attitudes towards | | | | especially if it has good cut and clarity. These |
| yellow diamonds. Some believe them to be | | | | days, it can easily be fabricated for those wanting |
| inferior to all the other fancy colored, while others | | | | the diamond's charm but not its cost. |
| have taken to it without hesitation when it | | | | How manufactured yellow diamonds are made |
| became a hot trend several years ago. | | | | Manufactured diamonds are man-made - that is, |
| Yellow diamonds whose colorations are graded | | | | they have been produced in labs where the |
| beyond the Z category in a white diamond | | | | conditions required for forming mined diamonds |
| grading scale automatically are classified as fancy | | | | are simulated. The process used to manufacture |
| colored. Depending on their cut, clarity, carat, and | | | | synthetic diamonds is called CVD, or chemical |
| deepness of yellow coloration, it may become | | | | vapor deposition. |
| even more expensive than a colorless white | | | | When CVD was first introduced, its developers |
| diamond. | | | | were disappointed at not being able to produce |
| Yellow diamonds suddenly became popular when | | | | the white diamonds they desired. The products, |
| celebrities started flaunting them in events. Johnny | | | | which came out as diamonds, were then used for |
| Damon of the Red Sox presented his fiancee | | | | industrial purposes. |
| with a fabulous 8-carat engagement ring colored | | | | However, due to the increase in the popularity of |
| canary yellow. | | | | yellow diamonds [ for jewelry, the CVD industry |
| In the same vein, Seal surprised model Heidi Klum | | | | grew and found its niche in the costume jewelry |
| with a 10-carat, canary diamond honker of a ring, | | | | business. And because of the excellent production |
| while Dennis Quaid gave wife Kimberly an | | | | process, even professional gemologists have a |
| engagement ring with a trilliant-cut canary diamond | | | | difficult time telling the CVD-manufactured |
| which he picked up from Africa while filming "The | | | | diamonds from the naturally occurring diamonds. |
| Flight of the Phoenix." | | | | Before you make a purchase, you need to know |
| Rare yellow diamonds | | | | for sure if what you're buying is a naturally |
| It should be made clear that there actually are | | | | occurring diamond or a manufactured one. There |
| natural diamonds that are rare and are therefore | | | | is a huge difference in their prices, although you |
| costly. Only a very small percentage of mined | | | | won't be able to tell them apart. It is for this |
| diamonds possess a deep color, although there | | | | reason that you must bring along a trusted |
| are many pale diamonds which are not as prized. | | | | gemologist to give you advice before you part |
| Even a yellow diamond that weighs a mere fourth | | | | with your hard-earned cash. |
| of a carat can cost as much as $10,000, | | | | |