Which is worth more a yellow diamond or a white diamond?

Answer 1

The color scale for white diamonds runs from D to Z. On one end of the spectrum you have completely white without any traces of yellow and on the other end, a diamond fully saturated with yellow and no traces of whiteness. Due to the fact that they are quite common, they are actually quite affordable.

Answer 2

Blue diamonds are more expensive and are available in two different forms. With mined diamonds, a one carat yellow is usually around $15,000 to $20,000 while a one carat blue is around $200,000. Lab-created diamonds are now available (also known as synthetic, lab grown diamond, cultured diamond, etc.) and are less expensive than their mined counterparts. A one carat lab created yellow diamond is around $4,000 and a one carat blue diamond is around $10,000. Lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds and should not be confused with simulants (like cubic zirconia or moissanite). Lab-grown diamonds in yellow are available from Gemesis, D.NEA and Chatham, while blues are available from D.NEA or Chatham.

Answer 3

As long as you are talking natural diamonds, and of similar size, then the yellow diamond will inherently be worth more.

This is because there is only 1 yellow diamond mined for every 10,000 white diamonds. The inherent scarcity thus increases the value.

If you change the size then certainly a very large white diamond (the larger the size, the more rarer it is) would be worth more than a small yellow diamond.

Also, there are now lab grown yellow diamonds available. They typically sell for similar or slightly lower than the same size white natural diamond and thus around 1/7th the value of an equivalent natural yellow diamond.

I should also add that the intensity of the yellow color will dramatically affect pricing as well. The more pure and vivid the yellow, the higher the worth.

Links to a site dealing in natural yellows and one dealing in lab yellow diamonds are below.

Answer 4

Yellow color is caused by nitrogen in the stone.

On the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) diamond color scale, faint yellow begins at a color grading of "K", but the average person wouldn't perceive a diamond as being obviously yellow in color below a grade of around "U" to "W". Fancy yellow diamonds are graded Z+.

Answer 5

Blue diamonds are usually very rare and naturally blue diamonds are expensive and hard to come by and sometimes are created. They are worth more than yellow diamonds, which are quite common and not as expensive.

Answer 6

Generally, given the same carat weight, a blue diamond will cost more than a black diamond, which is also known as carbanado.

Answer 7

blue sapphire because i have all the Pokemon

Answer 8

Given that all other properties are equal, except clarity: black diamonds -- carbonado -- are not clear, you'll always pay more for a (clear) 'yellow' diamond than for carbonado.