What Is a White Diamond?

What Is a White Diamond?
The term white diamond is an alternative name for transparent colourless diamonds; as sold on every High Street. The term white diamond is used in the trade to distinguish "ordinary" diamonds from naturally coloured diamonds. Naturally coloured diamonds are found in all colours; but they are very rare and expensive.

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People also ask, is a white diamond a real diamond?

White diamonds are not really “white”. White diamonds are in fact lacking in color - they are 'colorless', like water. True colorless diamonds are quite rare. Most white diamonds have a natural tinge.

Similarly, what is a white diamond stone? You'll often hear the term “white” applied to colorless diamonds that fall within the GIA D-to-Z color scale or chart. But diamonds in the D-to-Z range are not white at all. Their hues can range from colorless (like a drop of pure water) to having tints of light yellow, light brown or gray.

Accordingly, what are white diamonds worth?

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Carat Price per Diamond Price per Carat
0.33 $375 - $600 $1,200 - $1,800
0.50 $1,000 - $1,800 $2,000 - $3,600
0.75 $2,100 - $3,500 $2,800 - $4,600
1.00 $4,400 - $7,600 $4,400 - $7,600

What is a natural white diamond?

Natural White Diamonds. White diamonds include colorless diamonds but fancy white diamonds as well. These color diamonds can either have a milky or opal hue. Opal diamonds are quite fascinating stones that sometimes show a pink or a blue glow.

Related Question Answers

Are Diamonds clear or white?

Diamonds occur in a variety of colors—steel gray, white, blue, yellow, orange, red, green, pink to purple, brown, and black. Colored diamonds contain interstitial impurities or structural defects that cause the coloration; pure diamonds are perfectly transparent and colorless.
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