The main factor affecting the price of pink diamonds is the color intensity and carat weight. The price varies a lot and can go from $10,000 per carat for a less intense pink diamond, to a massive $700,000 per carat for a deep and intense pink, as with this 0.71 Carat Fancy Vivid Purplish Pink Diamond Radiant Shape from Leibish & Co. With the exception of red diamonds, high-quality pinks are the most expensive natural diamond color in the market today. The GIA grades pink diamonds on the following scale:Īs with most Fancy Color Diamonds, the richer and more saturated the color, the more expensive the diamond.

In addition to its main hue, pink diamonds can have a secondary color or overtone, such as purple, brown or orange. The shade of a pink diamond is graded according to its intensity and strength of color. Though the exact cause of the pink diamond’s color remains unknown, it offers the world a beautiful stone for engagement rings, bracelets and earrings. Some suspect that the enormous pressure undergone by pink diamonds during formation is a likely cause, though others believe it could be related to a seismic shock that impacted the stone’s molecular structure.

Various theories have been presented regarding the origin of the diamond’s unique hue. Unlike other stones in the Fancy Color Diamond family, pink diamonds don’t contain impurities that they derive their color from. Gemologists aren’t entirely certain how the pink diamond obtains its color. A high-quality pink diamond with an intense shade can cost up to $700,000 per carat. Their rarity means pink diamonds are exceedingly valuable. The pink diamond is one of the rarest colored diamonds that exist – rarer than every type of colored diamond, apart from red diamonds.

Other areas that have been known to produce pink diamonds include India, South Africa, Brazil, Russia and Canada. Pink diamonds used to be most often found in the Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia (now closed after 37 years of operations). Instead, the exact reason pink diamonds are created is uncertain. Pink diamonds’ color is not caused by chemical impurities, as with other fancy colored diamonds.

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