How do labs grade pink diamonds with a secondary color?
AMGAD: Pink diamonds with a secondary color are graded as purple pink or purplish pink, brown pink or brownish pink, and orange pink or orangey pink.The color modifier slightly decreases the price of the diamond. Pink diamonds with a secondary coloring are more affordable and have a beauty all their own. They offer more people the opportunity to own a fancy color diamond.
Are "champagne pink" diamonds desirable?
AMGAD: Champagne diamonds with a secondary pink color are popular. When faced up, these stones display light to bold flashes of pink in their fire.Champagne diamonds are not as expensive as white diamonds and are available in a sparkling range of champagne tones, from light to dark champagne and fancy cognac.
Why are yellow diamonds less costly than pinks?
AMGAD: Yellow diamonds occur more frequently in nature than pinks, so they are less expensive. They are white diamonds with such a high degree of yellow in them that the stone is declared a fancy.A yellow diamond can be so light that it will be certified somewhere in the X to Z color range, making it more of a low end white diamond than a fancy color. Yellow diamonds of a high intensity, such as vivid or deep, are quite rare and therefore more expensive.
