Colorful Diamonds: the Diamonds Colors That Can Be Found in Nature vs. Diamonds Colors Created in the Lab

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Diamonds come in various 12 colors: gray, white, blue, yellow, orange, red, green, and pink to purple, violet, brown, and black. Most natural colored diamonds are created by the interaction of trace elements with carbon atoms during the creation and growth of the diamond. While in the lab, the lab-made diamonds are more transparent without inclusions.

The yellow emerald cut diamond grown in the lab

The yellow emerald cut diamond grown in the lab

3 benefits of lab-grown diamonds than natural diamonds

a buguette-cut orange diamond

How do natural and lab-grown diamonds grow and birth?

Most natural diamonds are formed at high temperatures and pressures at depths of 140 to 190 kilometers (87 to 118 miles) in the earth’s mantle. From deep volcanic eruptions, magma brings diamonds near the earth’s surface. As a result, we can see the colored diamonds showing in the market.

 

Diamonds can also be produced synthetically by the HPHT method, which simulates conditions in the earth’s mantle and achieves the same environment for laboratory diamond growth as natural diamond growth. A completely different growth technique is chemical vapor deposition (CVD). It is important to note that diamonds produced in the laboratory by the HPHT and CVD methods are real diamonds with the same properties as natural diamonds.

12 types of color diamonds

yellow, pink, blue, green, orange, brown( champagne), violet, grey, purple, red, black, and white lab diamonds


Some colors, such as red and blue, are much rarer than others, and they are much more expensive because of this rarity. On the other hand, less rare fancy colored diamonds, such as yellow-colored and black diamonds, can be more affordable for most customers. Therefore, choosing a fancy-color diamond for your fancy diamond engagement ring may not be as crazy as you might think. For every different color you can imagine, there is probably a fancy diamond shade in the world. And at Sunny Eden™️, we offer such colorful and glamorous diamonds.

 

Purplish Pink Diamond Engagement Ring

Pink is a rare natural color in diamonds. It occurs when the diamond is subjected to pressures on the earth, forces that cause gliding planes of displaced carbon atoms within the diamond crystal. As light passes through these planes, red light is selectively transmitted. When the selective transmission is weak, the red light appears pink because it barely produces a red color.

Yellow is the second most common natural color in diamonds. This color is usually caused by nitrogen atoms replacing carbon in the diamond’s lattice. This defect causes the diamond to selectively absorb blue light and selectively transmit yellow.

 

Green diamonds are very rare in nature. This color usually occurs when high-energy radiation from nearby radioactive mineral particles penetrates the diamond. The radiation causes the carbon atoms to deviate from their position in the diamond lattice. This defect causes the diamond crystal to selectively absorb red light and transmit green. The green color may also result from nitrogen, hydrogen, or nickel defects within the diamond crystal.

 

Blue diamonds are rare in nature. The most common cause of the blue color is the replacement of carbon atoms by boron atoms that form deep within the diamond lattice. It takes only one boron atom per million carbon atoms to produce a distinct blue color. The boron in diamond crystals results in selective absorption of red light and selective transmission of blue color.

Frequently asked questions about diamond color.

Sunny Eden™️ three-stone diamond Engagement Ring

Find the diamond and ring in your dream.

At Sunny Eden™️, we offer high-quality colored diamonds from every client’s hair they offer. We present the more popular colors from Sunny Yellow to Eden Green, from Rose Pink to Sky Blue. And at the same time, if the client prefers other colors, we will customize them.

 

What sets Sunny Eden™️ apart from other brands is that our diamonds come from the hair provided by each customer. We serve with trust and integrity and blend the art of jewelry with the utmost finesse into each of our ring designs. Each diamond is expertly cultivated in our laboratories and cut by distinguished jewelry artists. In addition to this attention to design, we use 18k yellow gold, 18k white gold, 18k rose gold, and platinum.

 

Wedding fashions may come and go, but the process of turning carbon (one of the elements found in hair) into diamonds has been around since the 1950s.

diamond in the wedding flower

In the diamond growth process, the carbon in the hair is extracted and placed on a growing base. It is then subjected to high temperatures and pressures that mimic the conditions under which diamonds are formed on earth. During an average of 120 days, the carbon grows into a sparkling memorial diamond.

 

Turning carbon into a diamond will be an unparalleled joy at a wedding. It is a vow made to your life partner from both your hair or just your hair or your partner’s hair. Check the glamour rings made out of diamonds extracted from people’s hair in Sunny Eden™️. We hope you meet the best you like.

 
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