If you are looking for blue diamonds, you will have to decide which type you are going to get: natural or man-made. Natural blue diamonds are extremely rare and therefore extremely expensive. The blue color in the diamond is caused by chemical impurities, usually, boron, or hydrogen. The diamonds range in color from a very light blue tint, to a deep royal blue. This is due to varying amounts of the chemicals in the diamond.
The deeper colored diamonds are worth the most money. Most people would rather have a consistent, deep hue, than a uneven, multicolored blue diamond.
All engagement rings are expensive, but a blue diamond engagement ring can cost much more money. A natural blue diamond can cost as much as 10-50 times as much as a regular diamond of the same size. This range is due to Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat. For this reason, natural blue diamonds are out of most people’s price ranges.
Although man-colored diamonds will never be worth as much as a natural one. Many people opt for them due to the price difference. The man-made ones are color treated using a process which combines intense heat and irradiation. This makes a blue diamond which looks almost identical to a natural one.
Natural colored diamonds are such a rare find that you may want to be suspicious of a jeweler claiming to be selling one. Natural blue diamonds are also so rare that they are often called ‘fancy blue diamonds’. Do your research and be sure you are getting what you want. Most jewelers have never even seen a real color stone-they are that rare.
Diamonds which are colored by man, can be natural diamonds, or man made diamonds. A man made diamond, also called a synthetic diamond is grown in a lab. These diamonds are made by inserting carbon dioxide into hot plasma. This mimics the high temperatures which form natural diamonds. While being grown, they are treated with the same chemicals which make natural diamonds blue, giving the diamonds the same look.
So, why would you even want a blue diamond engagement ring? Well, they are rare, so you will have a different ring that everybody else. Blue diamonds are a status symbol, they show someone has wealth, style, and determination. You can get a blue diamond and then have it put into any engagement ring setting you want.
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