About Blue Diamonds

Blue diamonds sound romantic but they are actually inferior stones to white diamonds. When shopping for diamond jewelry a jeweler may tell you that he is selling you a rare blue diamond but actually blue diamonds are not that unusual. In fact most diamonds that you buy that are below a G grade most likely contain a bit of blue thanks to boron discoloring the stone.

Diamonds that are true blue diamonds tend to be a bit grayish or cloudy in appearance. The bright sparkling ice blue gems that you see sparkling on celebrity's fingers are more likely to be stones that have been dyed or heat-treated in some way.

The stones you find in blue diamond rings and other diamond jewelry are usually very flawed. If the stone was not flawed it would be a crystalline white. The gemologist who set the diamond may improve the look of this diamond by giving it a mirrored or tinted backing so that it reflects a truer hue of blue.

Natural blue diamonds do come in every shade from navy to cornflower blue to a blue-violet. However these natural stones tend to be quite rare and like the Hope Diamond are found in museum exhibitions.

However if you want to buy simulated blue diamonds you have plenty of options. There are many sites on the Internet that specifically cater to individuals looking for synthetic diamond jewelry made from an unusual color. Any bright blue would definitely have to be made synthetically in a laboratory. You can always tell synthetic blue diamonds because if you examine them under a jeweler's loupe (small magnifying glass) you will not see a flaw. If there are flaws in the stone then the blue diamonds are natural.





 

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