Choosing diamonds, health quality can not be less!

All kinds of accessories will cause a burst of fashion, and nowadays, colored diamonds are becoming popular.

The charm of colored diamonds comes from unique and rare colors. The color rarity of diamonds and the richness of colors determine the value of colored diamonds. The more rare the colored diamonds are, the higher the color level is, the higher the value is, and the darker the color is, The higher the saturation, the higher the value. Clarity and cutting, weight, etc. are not factors that are considered first. Coupled with beautiful colors is a kind of fatal attraction for women. Therefore, many women often choose color diamonds regardless of the quality of color diamonds. However, the most important thing for Xiao Bian today is not to teach everyone how to judge the quality of colored diamonds. Xiao Bian is more concerned with the factor that is often overlooked when you buy a color diamond - health.

The reason why diamonds exhibit different colors is because diamonds contain different chemical trace elements and deformed internal crystal structures during the production process. The existence of a small number of colored diamonds on the market is not only damaging the vital interests of consumers, but also will be a great health risk for buyers.

Artificial radiation & post processing

Many jewelry on the market known as "fancy diamonds" are actually products of "artificial radiation" or post-processing. After understanding the reasons for the formation of colored diamonds, people use the simulated natural environment to change the color of diamonds. The most common method is to change the color of the diamond by radiation. By irradiation, the diamond can be made into different depths and a very stable blue or green color. If the irradiated diamond is reheated at an appropriate temperature, it will enable Its color changes to pink, orange, yellow and brown. The other method is a surface coating. The diamond is coated with a bright colored film but looks very unnatural. If you look through a microscopic magnifier, you will find that the coated diamond has a granular structure. The natural diamond is a single crystal surface. There is no such phenomenon.

What can consumers do to avoid buying counterfeit products that are harmful to human health?

Look for authoritative certification bodies

The purchase of colored diamonds is critical for the selection of accreditation bodies. The most well-known and authoritative diamond gems in the world are the United States Jewellery Institute (GIA). Other well-known laboratories include the European Jewelery Laboratory (EGL), the Belgian Diamond High-Level Parliament (HRD), the American Gemological Society (AGS), and the World Gemological Institute (IGI). Almost a third of the world’s diamonds are After these laboratory identification.

After the health risks are eliminated, we are concerned about the quality of the diamonds!

Be careful that "color" becomes "solid"

Many unscrupulous businessmen use most consumers' lack of understanding of colored diamonds in order to obtain the best interests. They often shoddy, selling yellowish white diamonds with low color grades and implied impurities as yellow diamonds. The wholesale price of these diamonds is much cheaper than their white diamond counterparts. The yellow diamonds and the yellowish white diamonds are two concepts. The fake yellow diamonds are often dark yellow, and the colors are very light. If they are not, the real yellow diamonds emit bright yellow or gold. Huang Guang.

The classification of colored diamonds depends on the saturation and the degree of purity of the colors. In general, it can be divided into the following four levels:

(1) Weak color, the color tone is similar to none

(2) light color, can see the color tone

(3) Color, a color that reaches a certain degree of saturation

(4) dark color, color tone is oversaturated, color change is not large