The yellow diamond looks like a piece of the sun, its soft overflows of champagne color can lead to genuine delight of any person. And one of the sparkling gold pebbles is so famous that it is a symbol of the famous Tiffany jewelry company.
How did it all start?
The most famous yellow diamond, weighing 55 carats, is named after its first owner, Nicolas de Sancy. A lemon-colored stone was purchased in 1571 from a jewelery dealer from Turkey. Solar mineral helped its owner achieve unprecedented heights - an ordinary attorney became the first Minister of France.
The journey of the diamond began after the death of a politician. "Sansi" belonged to the English kings, and Jacob I, dreaming of getting the diamond, devastated the royal treasury and bought it on credit. In the hectic times of the great French Revolution, the mineral was lost, but in 1829 it miraculously ended up in Russia. He stayed there for 50 years and soon returned to his homeland thanks to an American lord named Astor. Now a diamond, the price of which amounted to $ 1 million, is stored in the Louvre and impresses the aesthetes with its brilliance and interesting history.
Diamond tiffany
A huge canary feather diamond was found in a mine in South Africa in the 1870s. It was an amazing mineral, weighing more than 288 carats. The found jewel was delivered to Paris, where it was purchased by Charles Tiffany, the owner of the jewelry house Tiffani & Co. The cost of the future diamond amounted to more than 400 thousand dollars.
The journey of the famous diamond did not end there. He was transported to New York, where the master of his craft, George F. Kunz, took up the faceting of the stone. The jeweler worked tirelessly for more than 2 years, and as a result, the world saw a yellow diamond of unearthly beauty.
The mineral has acquired a very interesting shape of a quadrangle with rounded edges. Unfortunately, after processing the pebbles, it began to weigh much less - 128.5 carats. Due to such a significant loss, the owner of the diamond decided to make a unique frame and turned to the designer Gene Schlumberberg, who created the βBird on the Stoneβ from platinum intertwined with gold. And her feathers were stones of white and yellow.
This jewel has been stored in the most chic New York store for over a hundred years, and only one celebrity - the incomparable Audrey Hepburn - has been honored to display a yellow diamond. The stone was inserted into a massive necklace, shimmering with a sparkle of snow-white diamonds. The actress shone in it during the filming of an advertisement for the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
Sunshine of famous minerals
Diamonds of pale yellow hues are much more common than stones of saturated golden tones. That is why they are more popular among collectors and connoisseurs of luxury. And you can buy such a jewelry only at public auction. So, a ring with a yellow diamond Graf Vivid Yellow of 100 carats was sold at Sotheby's for $ 16.4 million. A unique pear-shaped stone was acquired by an anonymous buyer for $ 12.5 million. The South African diamond is called the Drop of the Sun and weighs 110 carats.
Another lemon-colored mineral set in gold was worth $ 11.5 million. The ring of Lady Dalal immediately found its buyer, because the purest diamond weighing 109 carats occurs once every few years.
By the way, the largest and most transparent gold-colored minerals are mined in Yakutia. The weight of one of these stones is 55 carats.
Gold overflows of precious diamonds
Jewelers attach great importance to faceting stones, because the refraction of light, emphasizing the shade of a diamond, depends on the chosen shape. If the classification from D to Z is used for transparent minerals, then for yellow diamonds the rating system is as follows:
In addition, fantasy shades are also divided into categories:
- lemon, with a little admixture of orange - this is a yellow diamond "sunflower";
- bright shades of gold in the mineral are called "kenari".
The saturated canary color and the right cut, due to which the stone seems to radiate from the inside, are the main factors affecting the cost of the mineral. In addition, the additional orange color does not affect the quality of the stone. But if in a diamond these shades are brownish or greenish, then the price of a jewel is significantly reduced.
Fantasy shine on star persons
Golden stones are already considered classics, but few know that they received world recognition thanks to Pascual Bruni. The jeweler created a collection called Cognac and Champagne. Products made of platinum and gold were inlaid with diamonds of all shades of yellow - from pale lemon to saturated cognac. Magnificent earrings, bracelets, rings and necklaces were valued at thousands of dollars.
Now, jewelry with yellow diamonds from the manufacturers Garry Kotlar, Bapalal Keshavial, Ritz Fine Jewelery and Leviev are recognized as the most unique and sophisticated in the whole world. Foreign stars more than once flaunted in products from eminent jewelers.
By the way, the last named company created jewelry that has no analogues - Leviev Diamond Scarf. The product is made in the form of a scarf. More than 700 of the most transparent canary pen-colored minerals were supplemented with diamonds, white as the first snow. The total weight of the whole product is 299 carats.
At the Academy Awards, actress Jennifer Hudson demonstrated a magnificent necklace with lemon diamonds framed in fine gold. And Cameron Diaz and Cate Blanchett decorated the wrists with massive bracelets with gold-colored stones. Earrings with yellow diamonds complemented the image of divas.
Diamond counterpart - moissanite
Finding natural yellow diamonds on the World Wide Web is not difficult, but the price for an iridescent gem can be sky-high. Therefore, moissanites were created - synthetic minerals, the cost of which is several times less. The manufacturer Bright Spark suggests choosing products with stones indistinguishable from natural diamonds. Analogs are produced using two technologies:
- chemical precipitation of a microwave plasma of a mixture of hydrogen and methane;
- in high-pressure chambers, where the temperature rises to 1500Λ.
In specialized rooms, a stone weighing 1 carat is grown for about 5 days.
Thanks to the cut, emphasizing the color tints of minerals, products with moissanite look as luxurious as natural gems.
The most important thing when choosing a product
Natural stones are the most expensive in the world, and the purchase of jewelry should be approached very responsibly. After all, a diamond, the price of which for 1 carat is more than 13 thousand dollars, is a serious investment of money.
To find out for sure whether the color of the stone is artificially changed or not, you must require a quality certificate from the seller. The document is issued by the Gemological Institute of America or GIA, in which there is an Origin line. Refined, i.e. the colored mineral is called treated, and the natural stone is called natural diamond.
Assessing colored stones is a very difficult task. In addition to the main criteria (color, shape, weight, purity), additional shades of the mineral must be taken into account. So, many stones of golden tone have a secondary color. For example, yellow (yellow) with an additional orange (orange) color will be called yellow-orange. By the way, for white diamonds, various impurities are extremely undesirable, because they reduce the cost of jewelry. And for colored stones, the price per carat will increase depending on the intensity of the gold color.
Fantasy diamonds are very expensive, and not everyone can afford this luxury. Therefore, absolutely all jewelry must be accompanied by a certificate from the gemological laboratory.
The magical properties of a noble mineral
A yellow diamond is a stone with great energy power. Since ancient times, it is believed that the golden color makes its owner more courageous, decisive, brings success that makes you dizzy. The mineral tames passionate fantasies, emancipation, protects the owner from vices, evil influence, evil eye and damage.
But it must be remembered that a proud diamond is indifferent to mere mortals, it loves high-ranking personalities. For good reason, the mineral was worn by kings, nobles, high priests, and now celebrities flaunt along the red carpet, decorated with items with sun stones.
Although, if you received the jewelry as a gift or it was inherited, then the radiant stone will help you. This will not happen soon, because the mineral needs to get used to the new owner and tune in to its energy.
Jewel as a talisman
Golden diamond is the first zodiac stone. For Aries, jewelry with a jewel will be the best talisman. After all, the mineral has a calming effect on the hot-tempered and irritable nature of a person born in March.
For a lemon-colored stone to begin to work actively, it is better to wear it on the ring finger of the left hand. Thus, he will bring an early career success. And to help in heart matters, earrings or a pendant with a yellow diamond will become best friends.
But it should be remembered that it is possible to wear the mineral to highly moral individuals. Stone will bring chaos and misfortune to people with base desires.