Fancy Colored Diamonds: A Rare and Beautiful Engagement
Ring

post from Stylishly Wed on 03 November 2009 12:38:00 PM. © Stylishly Wed

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend or are they? Diamonds have been the gem of choice for engagement rings for centuries. Over the years, the size of a diamond that is given to a bride-to-be has become bigger and bigger. Celebrities and people with a large disposable income have been buying rings that are anywhere from 10 to 20 carats or more. Within the last several years, fancy colored diamonds have become very popular. With celebrities, such as, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Nicole Kidman and more showcasing fancy colored diamonds, they have become the new “rave”. What is a fancy colored diamond? They are very rare diamonds that are valued based on the intensity of its color. There are so many different colors to choose; pink, yellow(Canary), blue, red, purple, orange, and more. The most popular colors are blue, yellow, and pink. The most rare of those three are the pink because there is only one place in the world where pink diamonds are found and that is in Australia.

These rare and fancy colored diamonds can be priced anywhere from $2,200 to $20,000 a carat for yellow diamond and $10,000 to over a quarter of a million dollars a carat for a pink diamond. The prices depend on the cut, clarity, carat, but most importantly for fancy colored diamonds the intensity of the color.

So the next time you are shopping for an engagement ring with your special one, take a look at diamonds that are infused with color and you may find a diamond that may suit your fancy!

Here are beautiful pictures of fancy colored diamonds. Enjoy!