Natural fancy Champagne colored diamonds, sometimes referred to as a brown diamonds, are completely natural and caused by the absorption of light by structural defects in the diamond lattice. Many of the fancy natural Champagne diamonds come from the Argyle mine in northwestern Australia. In fact, the Argyle Mine coined the terms "champagne diamond" and "cognac diamond" to better promote these loose champagne diamonds.
Natural fancy Champagne diamonds come in all cuts, including princess, emerald, asscher, oval marquise, pear, radiant, heart and cushion.
Though brown diamonds of the champagne diamond color are considered commercially common, they still offer a bargain for today's collectors. Natural fancy champagne colored diamonds of pure brown colors without a trace of a secondary color modifier are sold at public auctions. The 69.93-carat natural fancy champagne colored rectangular emerald cut Golden Pelican was auctioned at Christie's in the 1970s.
Did you know?
Red, purple and orange are the secondary hues found in natural fancy pink diamonds.
Q: What are the seven (7) grades for natural fancy colored diamonds?
A: In ascending order: faint, very light, light, fancy, fancy intense, fancy vivid and fancy deep
Did you know?
Green and orange are the secondary hues found in natural fancy yellow diamonds.
