Fancy Colored Diamonds EXPLAINED: Why Are Diamonds Colored and What Gives Diamonds Their Color?

Fancy Colored Diamonds EXPLAINED: Why Are Diamonds Colored and What Gives Diamonds Their Color? // The three main causes of colored diamonds are: the presence of impurities in the diamond crystal structure, the presence of lattice defects in the diamond structure, and the radiation coming from radioactive minerals that are present in the vicinity of where some of the diamonds were formed. Impurities in the diamond crystal structure are the cause for fancy yellow, orange, blue, violet, white and black diamonds. Lattice defects in the diamond structure lead to the fancy pink and fancy red diamonds, as well as the brown diamonds and purple diamonds. Radiation leads to the formation of fancy green diamonds.
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro to diamond colors
1:12 - Colorless diamonds
1:32 - Diamond crystal structure
2:22 - Categories of colorless diamonds
2:48 - Fancy colored diamonds
2:59 - Causes of fancy-colored diamonds
3:29 - The effect of impurities on diamond colors & yellow diamonds
4:26 - Fancy orange diamonds
5:17 - Fancy blue diamonds
5:44 - Fancy violet diamonds
6:14 - The effect of mineral inclusions on diamond color
6:32 - Fancy white diamonds
7:47 - Fancy black diamonds
9:09 - The effect of lattice defects on diamond color
10:14 - Fancy pink diamonds & fancy red diamonds
10:44 - Fancy brown diamonds & fancy purple diamonds
11:05 - The effect of radiation on diamond color
11:48 - Fancy green diamonds
12:30 - The rarest fancy color of diamonds
My blog post on "The science behind fancy-colored diamonds: why are diamonds colored?" - www.mariabaias.com/post/fancy...
My other DIAMONDS video answering the following questions: What are diamonds made of? How are diamonds formed naturally? Where do diamonds come from? What are the applications of diamonds? - • What are diamonds made...
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Resources:
Articles on colorless diamonds and fancy-colored diamonds:
www.brilliantearth.com/diamon...
www.gia.edu/fancy-color-diamo...
www.naturaldiamonds.com/diamo...
geology.com/diamond/colored-d...
www.naturallycolored.com/diam...
www.gia.edu/doc/Natural-Color... (the fancy purple diamond color article mentioned in the video)
www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/fal...
diamond101.com/do-black-diamo...
Picture of white diamond: Photo: Robert Weldon/© GIA.
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Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoyed learning about all these different diamond colors. Which is your favorite diamond color?

[@ArmandCury]

Answer: Most of them all!!! Blue, orange, red, green...

[@danmusafiri8860]

obvious Maria I will go for the rare one. Red diamond.

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You hear this scientist pure love for this subject. She is have fun over these doscoveries.

[@MariaBaiasHeritage]

I love how fascinating our world is and how science can help us understand our world. And I love sharing it with others. Thanks for watching!

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ME ENCANTÓ ESTE VIDEOOO, MUCHAS GRACIAS 🥰.
I LOVED THIS VIDEO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS TOPIC🥰🥰

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Muchas gracias! Thank you for watching! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed this video! 😊

[@MyRhythmDivine]

A lot of info I didn't know. Very informative. thank you

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Thank you! I'm happy to hear you found it informative!

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THAT WAS A NICE LITTLE GEOLOGY CLASS.... I GOT EDUCATED WATCHING THIS VIDEO. 😏

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I'm glad to hear it was helpful! 😊

[@RAHvdK]

I'd like to make note here on the black diamond part. What you explain and from what I've learned with the pyrite or hematite combinations is that these are often softer like moissanites. I have one big one off those as a lose gem, but in my signet ring I have a 1.12ct black diamond which, when the light enters it right. It colors deep blue with a split insusion on the crown where it turns deeper green. So a combination of deep dark blue (Allmost black sapphire) and deep dark green (allmost like moldavite on a big chunck where light does not enter so appearing black/Deep dark green jadeite.) Combination

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Thank You Madam for sharing your knowledge .No matter how precious diamonds are to us humans I think water is the most precious thing for all living forms of our planet .

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Excellent! How does the Macrae et al (2020) paper apply to this? Which experimental apparatus do you use to see the diamond crystallography? Please, elaborate!

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hi maria , great job , thank you , i learned a lot in your good video, ofcourse peoples use always to say the rarest diamond is red ! ,,, but i belive the real rarest one is number 5 is pink , number 4 the blue , number 3 the red , number 2 the orange , and finaly number one the rarest of all is the violet ,,,, i diden,t talk about the most expensive the most precious , but just the most rare in nature ! ,,, the most expensive is blue , and the most rare is violet ,,, and i rally want you to talk the caracterestics of rough diamond ,,, THANK YOU !!!

[@archeewaters]

i love the coloured diamonds!
i would like to know if it's possible to make lab grown coloured duamonds?

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the answer is yes !

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I have natural fancy black carbonado uncut carbonado 1kgrm i need help from philippines.

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