Blue Diamond

[adonaidiamond]

I encountered a blue diamond at an auction last month...I was interested in it and under supervision, I was allowed to take some pictures of it under daylight, indoor light and used a black light as well. It glows multiple colors...orange, deep indigo blue, pink, faint yellow, and white. My camera could not take a good picture of the intense orange but I was able to catch the faint yellow. Is this a good thing for a blue diamond to glow multiple colors under black light? It also turned completely white and transparently clear like ice under daylight(causing the facets to disappear and the area to look like clear ice).

 

[VapidLapid]

Where''s the pictures???
I know I want to see the disappearing facets!

 

[Pandora II]

Shortwave or Longwave UV?

 

[adonaidiamond]

I used Long wave UV light as "black light"...What''s the difference between short and long?
Thanks!

 

[jewelz617]

So... where are the PICS???

 

[adonaidiamond]

I'm not allowed to display the pictures...Third party agreement/only the buyer. I wish I could post them.

Thanks for all your response!

 

[adonaidiamond]

A similar situation except that the one in question is blue (deep gray blue).

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.isdntek.com/demo/camera/diamonds/CZ_WoodIndirectDaylightAutoMacroZoom_solitair.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.isdntek.com/demo/camera/ShootingDiamonds.htm&usg=__Sgrr1P8L2muDSrKopvkYe2tU1I4=&h=216&w=233&sz=23&hl=en&start=8&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=1POWbuA0Vof1LM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=109&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthe%2Bfacets%2Bdisappear%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bdiamond%2Bunder%2Bdaylight%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1

 

[zeolite]

Date: 3/17/2010 7:23:43 PM
Author: adonaidiamond
I used Long wave UV light as ''black light''...What''s the difference between short and long?
Thanks!

Short wave UV has a wavelength of about 254 nm and long wave UV has a wavelength of about 365 nm. (nm = one billionth of a meter).

http://science.howstuffworks.com/black-light.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet

 

[Barrett]

We have a few folks who know about diamonds over here in colored stones but your question might be better recieved over at the :diamond thread"..i am sure you will get more responses related to it..i for one know nothing so can''t help ya...sorry