When Marilyn Monroe sang that Diamond’s are a Girl’s Best Friend, fancy colored diamonds were well beyond the reach of mere mortals!  The vast majority of all mined diamonds are colorless crystals and small carat weight crystals to boot.  This makes extraordinary fancies, such as the huge, flawless pink Hope Diamond exceptionally rare and explains its priceless price tag!

However, when Ben Affleck gave J-Lo a stunning pink diamond engagement ring, and David Beckham later gave Victoria a pink diamond, these glorious stones grabbed the public’s attention.  Unsurprisingly these glorious rocks also had celebrity price tags.  J-Lo’s ring was reputedly worth over a million dollars at the time! 

However, recent advancements in heat treatment techniques has meant that naturally occurring trace colors within diamond crystals can be enhanced.  This produces desirable tones and shades and results in genuine mined diamonds with celebrity fancy hues but more affordable price tags!

Fancies are available in different colors and shades.  Because of the celebrity connection, pink diamonds are especially popular, and therefore expensive; the more popular baby pink and bubble gum pink shades are much pricier than paler pink hues.  But if you really want to own a fancy diamond affordably, you should look for other colors as well as less popular shades of pink to find something to match your budget.  In particular, black, chocolate, champagne and yellow are very popular colors, and blue diamond jewelry is also comparatively affordable these days. 

Check out our selection of fancy colored diamond jewelry, or follow the link by clicking here to view our selection of black studs, yellow diamond studs and blue diamond earrings.

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