Blue Diamond - The Rarest One of All

Have you ever seen a natural blue diamond?  Well, blue diamond and the rest of the natural fancy colored diamonds are rare and if available, they come at a high price.  Yes, they are sometimes available in the market, but they are so rare to the extent that most of today's jewelers have never seen one.

The blue diamond sometimes varies in hues.  One of the most common hues is the deep aquamarine.  Diamonds with this color seem to look greater in appearance with more color saturation.  There are some that are too pale, known as the "little aquas".  They do not look awesome on lesser stones, but they really show off their exquisiteness in large stones. 

There is also the so-called green tinge.  But unlike the deep aquamarine, the green hue colored diamond is not that favored, although they tend to be unique.  It is for this reason that green color diamond is not so common in the jewelry world.

Besides deep aquamarine and green tint, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has made eight distinct color saturation grades for the blue diamond.  These colors include very light, light, fancy light, fancy, intense, deep, dark, and lively.  Certain color combinations, after all, were discovered, such as the gray blue and the green blue.  Well, consistent with some experiments, these colors found in blue diamonds can be accounted to the stone's boron content.  It is actually the mineral, boron, which makes such color variations possible.

Much like the colorless and the rest of the colored gemstones, the blue diamond is produced in different cuts and shapes.   The most well-known is the round brilliant, which is often intended as the premier form.  There is also the heart or romantic shape, which is designed as a rectification of the round brilliant cut.  For those who are romantics, this kind of cut and shape will surely suit your needs.  In addition, the blue diamond sometimes comes in pear shape.  This shape is to some degree similar to the heart shape in that it is also a modification of the round brilliant.

Today, certain modern shapes were developed for blue diamonds.  Of the available cuts, the princess cut is the most well-known.  It attracts thousands of customers worldwide mainly for its unique combination of square with the radiance of a brilliant cut. Aside from princess, there is also the so-called "marquise or navette cut", which has long been deemed as better in fancy colored diamonds than in plain vanilla. Just like the rest of the basic shapes, the marquise cut is an adaptation of the round brilliant.

The blue diamond further varies in carat weight and the degree of clarity.  The carat weight, however, does not necessarily denote the elegance of the blue diamond.  It purely defines the diamond by its weight.  But clarity, on the other hand, counts much more. Just like the cut and color, it affects the quality and value of the blue diamond.  The clearer the diamond is, the better it sparkles and the higher the costs associated with it.

Most of the blue diamonds today are more expensive than their near-colorless counterparts.  However, there is possibility that the coloration may not be natural.  They are often treated to obtain the desired color, and numerous treatments have been formulated and sold for the jewelers to use.  Keep that in mind when looking to buy blue diamonds and buy from a reputable dealer.