Pink diamonds are a type of diamond, which has all the same elements as a white diamond, except that they exhibit pink in color. Where the pink color comes from is the great debate in the gemological world, yet it is most commonly attributed to enormous additional pressure that these diamonds undergo during the formation process.
Pink diamonds are a subcategory of diamonds known as fancy colored diamonds, the generic term for all diamonds that exhibit any sort of color. Just like a white diamond, they range from flawless to included. The most well known is the Pink Star, which Sotheby's named the Pink Dream, originally found at 132.5 carats in the rough and when cut ended up as a 59.60 carat fancy vivid pink by GIA. This pink diamond was bid on at Sotheby's auction house in Geneva for $83 Million by New York diamond cutter Isaac Wolf.
GIA's color grading also known as scale is as follows; faint, very light, light, fancy light, fancy, fancy intense and fancy vivid. Faint being the least expensive and fancy vivid the most expensive. The richer and more saturated the color, the more expensive the diamond will be. Just as white diamonds, they also come in various shapes and sizes. Though, pink diamonds can be found in many mines around the world, yet often in very small quantities of just a few stones per year, and commonly in very small sizes. They are among the most sought after fancy colored diamonds in the world because of their romantic feel ing these diamonds stimulate in people.
In 2002 when Ben Affleck proposed to Jennifer Lopez it was with a 6.1 carat pink diamond. You don't have to be a celebrity to own one of these rare beauties, you just have to know the right place to shop! Provident Jewelry has a selection of pink diamond jewelry in all different categories, including rings, pins, necklaces and earrings with some examples shown below.
