Champagne Diamonds

Champagne diamonds have as a feature a hay or cognac coloring. They are as rare as all colored diamonds but not as popular as pink diamonds. The Argyle mine in Australia is the leading producer of fancy, or colored, diamonds in the world. They have come up with a grading scale for champagne diamonds that follows as such; C1 and C2 stand for a light champagne coloring, C3 and C4 are in the medium range, and C5 and C6 have a dark champagne tinge. C7 is reserved for the fancy cognac diamond which is the richest in coloring of all. When champagne diamonds are a bit “off” they are usually more yellow or brown than desired and can sell for less than a rich champagne diamond. Although color is still one of the 4 C’s when looking at fancy diamonds, the intensity of the coloring instead of the lack of it is what gives more of a value to the stone. What is the difference between yellow and champagne diamonds? Yellow diamonds are more canary in hue and have less of a brownish tint to them. Surprisingly, brown diamonds and champagne diamonds are the same thing. The term “champagne” comes from the Argyle mines attempt to identify the brown diamonds in a more exotic way. Although champagne diamonds are not as popular as other types of colored diamonds, marketing strategies such as terminology are helping raise awareness and demand. For this reason, champagne diamonds are often set with colorless diamonds.