Enhanced Fancy Colored Diamonds from AfricaGems.com
In the yellow and blue colors, especially in the "fancy" to "vivid" color grades, the yellow and blue colors in diamonds are exceptionally rare. Compared to their natural fancy colored diamond cousins, Enhanced or treated diamonds are extremely affordable and make beautiful diamond jewelry .
Color Treatment of Diamonds
Color enhancement of diamonds in done in two ways. The most common way is by radiation. Low levels of radiation are applied to natural diamonds that are off in color. The low levels or radiation are completely safe and the diamonds are tested to ensure that no trace levels of radiation remain. The other method is to subject natural off colored diamonds to intense pressure and temperature, called the HTHP process. This process also changes the molecular structure of the diamonds so that intense, vivid colors are the result. AfricaGems.com color enhanced diamonds are from both radiation and HTHP processes.
In the yellow and blue colors, especially in the "fancy" to "vivid" color grades, the yellow and blue colors in diamonds are exceptionally rare. Compared to their natural fancy colored diamond cousins, Enhanced or treated diamonds are extremely affordable and make beautiful diamond jewelry .
Color Treatment of Diamonds
Color enhancement of diamonds in done in two ways. The most common way is by radiation. Low levels of radiation are applied to natural diamonds that are off in color. The low levels or radiation are completely safe and the diamonds are tested to ensure that no trace levels of radiation remain. The other method is to subject natural off colored diamonds to intense pressure and temperature, called the HTHP process. This process also changes the molecular structure of the diamonds so that intense, vivid colors are the result. AfricaGems.com color enhanced diamonds are from both radiation and HTHP processes.
