What is Blue Diamond Jewelry?
Blue diamond jewelry is an eye-catching form of "fancy colored diamonds" that is of late gaining in reputation amongst diamond and jewelry aficionados. If you are in search of something that will be noticeable more than the customary clear diamonds, you may want to think about taking a look at blue diamond jewelry.
Numerous blue diamonds now come from South Africa and blue diamond jewelry can be purchased in countries all over the world in a variety of settings and styles. But if you are able to find a piece of blue diamond jewelry for a reasonable price, it is sure to make a wonderful addition to your jewelry collection. The diamonds can cost as much as several hundred thousand dollars or more.
The most popular type of blue diamond jewelry is earrings. It is a new fashion in diamond jewelry that is gaining reputation within the jewelry neighborhood. Now you can create a lasting memory for your new family with a first gift of blue diamond jewelry.
These outstanding blue diamond jewelry pieces are the perfect gift for a groom to give for his bride to treasure everlastingly. Although this diamond jewelry is treated, it is nonetheless an authentic diamond. The reason it can be cheap is because you do not need to start with a perfectly white diamond since you are going to be treating it anyway to alter the color to blue. In any case, if you are able to find a piece of blue diamond jewelry for a reasonable price, it is sure to make a fantastic addition to your jewelry assortment.
There is an impressive diamond in the Smithsonian Collection called the Blue Heart Diamond. Admirers of the movie Titanic might think the "Heart of the Ocean Diamond" was based on this stone, and it might have been! On the other hand, this blue diamond jewelry hasn't been cast in the deep, but is alive and well at the Smithsonian!
It has also been named the Eugenie Blue Diamond, even though it's in doubt that the Empress Eugenie ever possessed this specific stone. This blue diamond jewelry was cut in Paris between 1909 and 1910, but the stone's origin, Africa or India, is unclear.
It is an huge heart-shaped, blue diamond jewelry weighing 30.82 carats. Its present setting is in a platinum ring, surrounded by white diamonds. It changed hands among famous jewelers - such as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpel and owners until it was purchased by Harry Winston in 1959 who set up the diamond in its current ring setting. Winston then sold the ring to Marjorie Merriweather Post. Mrs. Post gave the ring to the Smithsonian and it remains there with other well-known blue diamonds, together with the Hope Diamond and the Heart of Eternity Diamond.
These famous blue diamonds have just gone through a grading and examination process, to categorize their colors and to determine the source of the color. The Hope Diamond is classified as Fancy Deep Grayish-Blue. The Heart of Eternity has been classified as a Fancy Vivid Blue. The Blue Heart Diamond has not yet been classified, but some experts classify it as either Fancy Vivid Blue or Fancy Deep Blue. Blue diamonds are of particular interest to scientists not only because of the color and the impurities that create it, but because blue diamond jewelry also has an electric conductive property that makes it unique among clear and other colored diamonds.
Blue diamond jewelry is an eye-catching form of "fancy colored diamonds" that is of late gaining in reputation amongst diamond and jewelry aficionados. If you are in search of something that will be noticeable more than the customary clear diamonds, you may want to think about taking a look at blue diamond jewelry.
Numerous blue diamonds now come from South Africa and blue diamond jewelry can be purchased in countries all over the world in a variety of settings and styles. But if you are able to find a piece of blue diamond jewelry for a reasonable price, it is sure to make a wonderful addition to your jewelry collection. The diamonds can cost as much as several hundred thousand dollars or more.
The most popular type of blue diamond jewelry is earrings. It is a new fashion in diamond jewelry that is gaining reputation within the jewelry neighborhood. Now you can create a lasting memory for your new family with a first gift of blue diamond jewelry.
These outstanding blue diamond jewelry pieces are the perfect gift for a groom to give for his bride to treasure everlastingly. Although this diamond jewelry is treated, it is nonetheless an authentic diamond. The reason it can be cheap is because you do not need to start with a perfectly white diamond since you are going to be treating it anyway to alter the color to blue. In any case, if you are able to find a piece of blue diamond jewelry for a reasonable price, it is sure to make a fantastic addition to your jewelry assortment.
There is an impressive diamond in the Smithsonian Collection called the Blue Heart Diamond. Admirers of the movie Titanic might think the "Heart of the Ocean Diamond" was based on this stone, and it might have been! On the other hand, this blue diamond jewelry hasn't been cast in the deep, but is alive and well at the Smithsonian!
It has also been named the Eugenie Blue Diamond, even though it's in doubt that the Empress Eugenie ever possessed this specific stone. This blue diamond jewelry was cut in Paris between 1909 and 1910, but the stone's origin, Africa or India, is unclear.
It is an huge heart-shaped, blue diamond jewelry weighing 30.82 carats. Its present setting is in a platinum ring, surrounded by white diamonds. It changed hands among famous jewelers - such as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpel and owners until it was purchased by Harry Winston in 1959 who set up the diamond in its current ring setting. Winston then sold the ring to Marjorie Merriweather Post. Mrs. Post gave the ring to the Smithsonian and it remains there with other well-known blue diamonds, together with the Hope Diamond and the Heart of Eternity Diamond.
These famous blue diamonds have just gone through a grading and examination process, to categorize their colors and to determine the source of the color. The Hope Diamond is classified as Fancy Deep Grayish-Blue. The Heart of Eternity has been classified as a Fancy Vivid Blue. The Blue Heart Diamond has not yet been classified, but some experts classify it as either Fancy Vivid Blue or Fancy Deep Blue. Blue diamonds are of particular interest to scientists not only because of the color and the impurities that create it, but because blue diamond jewelry also has an electric conductive property that makes it unique among clear and other colored diamonds.
