do people even like treated diamonds... no...

[lasugar]

Hi there
so for awhile there I was obsessed with color treated diamonds, and I realized... wow... customers dont even care for it.
They want 100% natural white diamonds, not junky diamonds that have been irradiated.

Like from your guys experience, do people even pay attention to the color treated diamonds.
Im gonna say no.

 

[denverappraiser]

Sure. Some people do. That’s why people buy them, and THAT’S why people make them.

Neil Beaty
GG(GIA) ICGA(AGS) NAJA
Professional Appraisals in Denver

 

[kenny]

Some people do.
Some people don't.

I'm too much of a snob to get one.
I want the natural thing.

But there's nothing wrong with people liking them.

 

[Karl_K]

HTHP? naw

treated blues are kewl
I love the teal color they can take on.
An orange one would be awesome also.

 

[tigerhearted]

Personally I love the warm tones of treated diamonds! I actually don''t like the naturally occurring shades of blue diamonds. Much prefer the teals.

I''d rather have a treated diamond for the resulting color, than a natural fancy diamond.

 

[Imdanny]

Not for me.

 

[Kaleigh]

I am keeping an open mind. So far, the color of blue I love hasn''t been achieved.

 

[Dreamer_D]

It is not my cup of joe.

 

[kenny]

Date: 3/21/2010 10:16:53 PM
Author: tigerhearted
I actually don't like the naturally occurring shades of blue diamonds.
Much prefer the teals.

I'd rather have a treated diamond for the resulting color, than a natural fancy diamond.

There ARE diamonds with teal color of natural origin, but they are very rare and expensive.
The Fancy Vivid Green Blue in the middle of the bottom row is less than a quarter carat ( 0.24) but costs $52,920.
These are all for sale at this vendor. Click

GIA graded all all six of these some combination of blue and green, vivid or deep.

 

[tigerhearted]

Date: 3/21/2010 11:16:50 PM
Author: kenny

Date: 3/21/2010 10:16:53 PM


There ARE diamonds with teal color of natural origin, but they are very rare and expensive.

The Fancy Vivid Green Blue in the middle of the bottom row is less than a quarter carat ( 0.24) but costs $52,920.

These are all for sale at this vendor. Click


GIA graded all all six of these some combination of blue and green, vivid or deep.

Considering the rarity and cost of such diamonds, they may as well not exist afaic.

Even those you have pictured are not quite the color I prefer. Cost aside, I''d still rather go for a treated where there is a bigger pool of shades to choose from.

 

[iluvcarats]

I don''t like them. I especially don''t like the teal blue. I love natural blue diamonds, but I really love them when they are a denim blue color. Like JLo''s

 

[iluvcarats]

JLo''s Blue Diamond

 

[kenny]

I really love the color of this diamond.
GIA graded it Fancy Intense Green Blue.

 

[iluvcarats]

Date: 3/22/2010 12:22:47 AM
Author: kenny
I really love this color of diamond, which GIA calls Fancy Intense Green Blue.

That''s a pretty color.
I also love the green diamonds.

 

[CharmyPoo]

While we are sharing photos, here is my mom's green diamond. Don't have much information on it but I think it's around 2 or 3 cts.

This is a bad photo - we couldn't get the color setting right.

 

[kenny]

In the table of that pear I can see a dark haired man with an orange shirt standing over a woman in a white veil.

 

[CharmyPoo]

Oh my .. I sort of see it too. That is kinda freaky.

My fiance took this photo and he is darked haired but no organge shirts! Definetly .. no one with a veil around.

 

[etienneperret]

Why is it that we can accept color treated products as long as they are not diamonds. Wool sweaters are dyed, wood furniture is stained, pearls are bleached, sapphires are heat treated, blue topaz is irradiated. Why women even dye their hair and tan their skin!
Some color treated diamonds look miserable and probably looked even worse before treatment. There are other color treated diamonds that started off as VS clarity or better well cut stones that are absolutely spectacular after treatment.
It is like plastic surgery, you only notice the ones that have been done badly.

 

[LD]

I would never be able to afford these if they weren''t irradiated:

This is a red/pink irradiated diamonds. I''ve never seen the same colour in an irradiated diamond (VS1 clarity).

These are such pretty greens

This one is IF clarity:

 

[kenny]

Apparently enough people just want what is rare and natural to keep the prices for naturally-colored diamonds sky high.
Sure, insisting on natural color is no more logical than insisting that diamonds themselves be of natural origin.

It means something to get a real natural diamond.
It means something to get real natural color.

If it didn't prices for diamonds with color of natural origin would plummet.

If you are happy with something not natural that's fine.
But I'd also extend the same respect to those who prefer natural.
To each her/his own.

 

[petrock<3]

No, I wouldn''t be interested in a treated diamond. I would go for a colored lab grown diamond, for a RHR though.

 

[jewelz617]

"In the table of that pear I can see a dark haired man with an orange shirt standing over a woman in a white veil. "


Spirit photography!

 

[Upgradable]

Date: 3/21/2010 4:16:40 PM
Author:lasugar
Hi there
so for awhile there I was obsessed with color treated diamonds, and I realized... wow... customers dont even care for it.
They want 100% natural white diamonds, not junky diamonds that have been irradiated.

Like from your guys experience, do people even pay attention to the color treated diamonds.
Im gonna say no.

What you''re finding has less to do with irradiation than with the "junky diamond"

 

[stci]

In Quebec Canada I''m pretty sure nobody knows colored diamond and pay attention to. Irradied or not.