| VARIETY OF DIAMONDS | | | | 3. Champagne Diamonds |
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| Diamond the most valued gemstone. The name | | | | Champagne diamonds are naturally colored |
| comes from the Greek word "Adamas" meaning | | | | diamonds that are produced in a wide range of |
| ´invincible´. The diamond is considered | | | | colors from light straw to rich cognac. The |
| the greatest of stones, revered throughout | | | | 4C's of color, cut, clarity and carat weight |
| the ages for its great beauty, and strength. | | | | apply to colored diamonds just as they do to |
| The diamond is said to enhance the wearer | | | | colorless diamonds except the intensity of |
| with charm and beauty, which makes it women's | | | | color, not lack of it, plays a greater part |
| best friend from ages. | | | | in the valuation. The diamonds are graded on |
| | | | a C1-C7 color scale. The fancy cognac diamond |
| 1. Pink Diamonds | | | | is graded C7. |
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| The pink diamond is the world's most rare and | | | | 4. Pink Champagne Diamonds |
| valuable diamond. The Argyle mine is the | | | | |
| world's foremost source of unrivalled intense | | | | Attractive champagne diamonds with secondary |
| pink diamonds, producing 95% of the world's | | | | pink color are also available and command a |
| supply. Argyle has sold pink diamonds for up | | | | higher price per carat than champagne |
| to $1 million a carat. For years the white | | | | diamonds. These stones display slight to bold |
| diamond was considered the world's most | | | | flashes of pink in their fire. Pink is one of |
| beautiful diamond, | | | | the rare colors found in diamonds. |
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| 2. White Diamonds | | | | There are some more varieties of diamonds |
| | | | available in different colors such as yellow |
| White diamonds are produced by mines all over | | | | diamonds, blue diamonds and the green |
| the world in a wide variety of shapes and | | | | diamonds. These are some of the rarely found |
| sizes. The white diamonds recovered from the | | | | varieties of diamonds. |
| Argyle mine are particularly brilliant and of | | | | |
| high quality. The Argyle mine also produces | | | | Diamonds are not only used for jewelry, other |
| white diamonds with secondary pink color that | | | | than fashion it is also widely used in the |
| command a higher price per carat. A higher | | | | industries. These industrial diamonds are a |
| price is commanded for pink secondary color | | | | bit different from the gem diamonds. Diamonds |
| depending on its depth and strength, because | | | | hold their own significance in different |
| pink is one of the most rare colors found in | | | | streams and its beauty and tendency to |
| diamonds. | | | | perform helps it to excel over others. |
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