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What makes colored diamonds?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Gem-quality diamonds are coloured by the inclusion of trace minerals within the crystalline composition of the diamond.

For example, nitrogen makes diamonds yellow and/or brown; boron gives diamonds a blue hue, and some coloured diamonds acquire their colour based on structural defects.

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