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?" - https://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 of? How are di...  

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Resources:

Articles on colorless diamonds and fancy-colored diamonds:
https://www.brilliantearth.com/diamon...
https://www.gia.edu/fancy-color-diamo...
https://www.naturaldiamonds.com/diamo...
https://geology.com/diamond/colored-d...
https://www.naturallycolored.com/diam...
https://www.gia.edu/doc/Natural-Color... (the fancy purple diamond color article mentioned in the video)
https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/fal...
https://diamond101.com/do-black-diamo...

Picture of white diamond: Photo: Robert Weldon/© GIA.

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