A fabulous selection of delicate drop pendants with pave and solitaire settings in white or yellow gold claw and rub over mounts can be found at The Diamond Store.
Although a diamond’s clarity and lack of colour are important factors when evaluating a stone on the other end of the spectrum is another group of diamonds which we want to be colourful. Fancy diamonds are the many different diamond cuts which include marquise, pearl, oval, heart, princess, radiant and emerald, and they are supplied in a rainbow of vivid hues of yellows, reds, blues, greens, purples, and pinks as seen in diamond drop pendants at The Diamond Store.
Natural fancy colour diamonds get their colouring in several different ways: trace elements such as nitrogen present in the stones produces a yellow diamond and green diamonds are an example of gems affected by exposure to radiation. Gemmologists have developed ways to create affordable stones by treating less desirable diamonds and irradiation turns brownish and yellow diamonds into real show-stoppers, and at a price you can afford. Because most natural coloured diamonds are very rare and therefore expensive, it is safe to assume that any affordable fancy colour diamond has been treated in some way.
Another gemstone with a spectacular colour is the tsavorite which again is featured in a diamond drop pendant at The Diamond Store and is a rare and exquisitely brilliant green grossular garnet which is one of the few gemstones that is 100% natural and is around 75% cheaper than the comparable emerald, although as it increases in popularity prices are steadily rising.
It is very beautiful gemstone which gets its name from the Tsavo National Park which is bush land between Kenya and Tanzania where it was first discovered in 1968. Its green colour ranges from spring-like pale green to intense bluish green to deep forest green. Like all other garnets it has a very high light refraction index which means it sparkles beautifully when hit by the light.
