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