GIA researchers analysed more than 90,000 natural pink diamonds to better understand how these rare and beautiful diamonds formed and got their colour.
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G&G Brief presents an overview of the content of the Autumn 2015 issue of Gems & Gemology.
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A simple chart of optical defects in diamond, including those that produce colouration and fluorescence colours.
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Recent lab examination reveals that traditional treatments such as calcium fluoride coating are still prevalent in the trade, and great care must be taken to identify them.
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Knowledge of type allows gemmologists to better evaluate if a diamond might be treated or synthetic, and whether it should be sent to a laboratory for testing.
Read MoreA large number of natural-colour yellow diamonds are analysed using grading and appearance aspects among other characteristics to clarify the differences between them and the light yellow diamonds associated with GIA's D-to-Z colour grading scale.
Read MoreThis article compares some of Chatham Created Gems’ synthetic coloured diamonds to natural diamonds and explains the results.
Read MoreThe source of colour in some diamonds, particularly fluorescent green and some yellow stones, can be very difficult to identify despite increasing knowledge about the radiation-related bands seen in the visible spectra of diamonds.
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