Stone of the month for April: the diamond and its colors

THE diamond is the birthstone of the month of April. A symbol of commitment and perfection, the diamond is the most resistant and purest of minerals. It enhances the most important moments of your story. The diamond gives you strength and wisdom, whatever the test!

His history

India was the first producer of diamonds and for a long time was the only one. It is there that we find the first mentions of the precious stone between 2000 and 1000 years BC. They were used as religious and warrior ornaments. Already at that time they were associated with strength, courage and invincible character.

This gem is the most resistant of natural materials, the April stone took on many meanings in Antiquity. It was nicknamed “tear of the gods” in Greece. This is where its name comes from: “adamas”, which in ancient Greek means indomitable or invincible.

Today, diamonds are mined in South Africa, Australia, in the current Democratic Republic of Congo… Two thirds of diamond production comes from Africa (Botswana, Angola, Namibia…). But other major producers are Russia, India, Brazil and Canada.

A wide variety of colors

Indeed, this gem comes in several colors. Shaped in the center of the earth, classic diamonds are colorless. However, there are cases where natural inclusions or other chemical peculiarities can give them gray, white, yellow, pink, green, brown tones...

The purest colorless diamonds remain the most sought after and are therefore also the most expensive.

The presence of pink, yellow or green shades lowers the price per carat. However, so-called “fancy”, intense colors, such as pink or blue, are extremely rare. Extremely appreciated, these colored diamonds regularly break price records.

Among colored diamonds, blue is the rarest while yellow is the most abundant. We rarely talk about the green diamond, which nevertheless exists, while the pink diamond has undeniably become one of the most desirable in recent years.

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