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According to Wikipedia, diamonds can be altered by "...clarity treatments such as laser drilling to remove inclusions, application of sealants to fill cracks, color treatments to improve a white diamond's color grade, and treatments to give fancy color to a white or off-color diamond."
You can read more about diamond enhancement, below.
What else can I help you with?
Are enhanced diamonds safe to buy?
Althoguh clarity or color enhanced diamonds are "safe" to buy, they should be dramatically discounted from the price of natural diamonds.
What can one purchase from the online store Enhanced Diamonds?
At the online store 'Enhanced-Diamonds' one can purchase a number of diamond products including rings and stand alone diamonds. They are enhanced for increased clarity.
Are diamonds manipulated in any way?
Some diamonds can be enhanced by heat or other techniques, to make their colour more vibrant, or to hide visible flaws. Any enhanced diamond is quickly obvious to any certified gemologist, and as well, enhanced diamonds are less valuable/ expensive than diamonds that have not been treated.
What is a tw enhanced diamond?
TW means total weight: the combined weight of all the stones in the group of diamonds. Their value is less than if the weight were in an individual stone. Enhanced means that the stones have been artificially enhanced to bring out a natural colour or to hide flaws. Enhanced diamonds are less valuable than natural diamonds.
What are quality enhanced diamonds?
Clarity enhanced diamonds are real, mined diamonds that have had their clarity/quality improved by cleaning and cloaking any visible imperfections in the diamond. Clarity enhanced diamonds are lower in price than 100% natural diamonds and therefore for every given carat weight and quality, the price will be lower. Clarity enhanced diamonds are graded after the enhancement and therefore if the diamond was originally F/SI1 and is now F/VS2, it will be priced lower as if it were still F/SI1, however will look like F/VS2. (see related link)
Are chocolate diamonds naturally colored?
'Chocolate' is just one of the modifiers used to identify the colour of a natural diamond in the larger category of 'brown'. Most raw diamonds found fit into the yellow to brown colour range, as below. Some vendors select a specific hue and intensity of brown diamond and market them as chocolate diamonds. In addition, some diamonds are enhanced to fit into this category. So, in direct answer to your query: yes, and some are enhanced to fit this description. Enhanced diamonds are valued lower than naturally coloured diamonds.
What are the inconveniences of diamonds?
There's really nothing 'inconvenient' about a diamonds, except that they are valuable, and require enhanced security during transport, fabrication and sale.
How are green diamonds made?
According to Wikipedia, green colour in natural diamonds is caused by exposure to radiation. Manufactured or enhanced diamonds may be coloured green using different methods.
What is you clarity on a diamond?
If by 'you' you mean 'U', and you're query is about clarity and not colour, it is possible that 'U' indicates unenhanced. Unenhanced diamonds are more valuable than enhanced diamonds.
Are candy colored diamonds natural?
Your question can be answered if you clarify what you mean by 'candy coloured'. Natural colours for diamonds are listed in a list of 27 entries, some of which may correspond to colours of some 'candy'. In addition, there are nine intensities of these colours. You can read more about natural diamond colours, below. Apparently, a commercial jeweler is advertising 'candy coloured' diamonds, all of which are enhanced to produce these colours. Enhanced diamonds are less valuable than naturally coloured or unenhanced diamonds.
How diamond is tranformed into a usable mineral?
Most diamonds mined -- about 80% -- are already 'usable' as a mineral: they are industrial diamonds. Manufacturers who employ industrial diamonds in their processes add industrial diamonds to tools, lenses, and other devices to produce tools of enhanced hardness, precision and durability.
Are pink diamonds naturally pink?
Yes, if they are natural diamonds. Diamonds can be treated or enhanced to 'bring out' a colour, so a faint pink diamond could be treated to enhance the colour and become a more intense pink. Enhanced diamonds are of a lesser value than naturally coloured diamonds. Today, most natural pink diamonds are produced from the Argyle mines in Australia, and are pink based on "...low levels of nitrogen impurities, their colour resulting instead from structural defects of the crystal lattice," according to Wikipedia.
