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Champagne colored diamonds

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Champagne colored diamonds range from light brown to dark brown shades and are commonly used in inexpensive jewelry sold by retailers like Walmart and Sears. While fancy brown diamonds can be beautiful, many promotional jewelry pieces use less attractive off-brown colors. The champagne diamond is the most prevalent fancy color diamond, appearing in shades of brown rated on the "C" scale since standard grading focuses on yellow tints rather than brown. However, despite marketing from mines like Argyle in Australia, demand and prices for brown diamonds overall remain relatively low.

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CHAMPAGNE COLORED DIAMONDS The natural fancy colors are quite expensive in most colors, with the exception being the brown colors. These can range from fancy champagne down to an unattractive brownish color. The lower quality brown diamonds are often used in cheaper promotional quality jewelry items, such as those sold by Wal-Mart, Sears and discount stores. These diamonds are very cheap and are why these stores can sell 1.00 ct diamond tennis bracelets for $299.00 or less. (To make these diamonds more appealing, a new term TLB, or Top Light Brown, is used). And while the browns can look beautiful in the fancy colors, most promotional quality jewelry uses off color browns which are much less attractive. The champagne color diamond is the most common fancy color. It is actually a diamond that shows various intensities of brown. Since the GIA grading scale covers tints of yellow and not brown, a new system - the "C" scale - was developed to accommodate champagne. This was primarily due to the opening of Australia's Argyle Diamond Mine that produces so many beautiful brown/champagne colored diamonds. In spite of the significant marketing efforts of the Argyle Mines, demand for the brown diamonds is not great and they generally command relatively low prices.

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Champagne colored diamonds

  • 1. CHAMPAGNE COLORED DIAMONDS The natural fancy colors are quite expensive in most colors, with the exception being the brown colors. These can range from fancy champagne down to an unattractive brownish color. The lower quality brown diamonds are often used in cheaper promotional quality jewelry items, such as those sold by Wal-Mart, Sears and discount stores. These diamonds are very cheap and are why these stores can sell 1.00 ct diamond tennis bracelets for $299.00 or less. (To make these diamonds more appealing, a new term TLB, or Top Light Brown, is used). And while the browns can look beautiful in the fancy colors, most promotional quality jewelry uses off color browns which are much less attractive. The champagne color diamond is the most common fancy color. It is actually a diamond that shows various intensities of brown. Since the GIA grading scale covers tints of yellow and not brown, a new system - the "C" scale - was developed to accommodate champagne. This was primarily due to the opening of Australia's Argyle Diamond Mine that produces so many beautiful brown/champagne colored diamonds. In spite of the significant marketing efforts of the Argyle Mines, demand for the brown diamonds is not great and they generally command relatively low prices.