Our most recent find.. is a stunning fancy yellow diamond engagement ring made in the late 19th century!
Yellow diamonds are the second most common fancy diamonds. Sometimes referred to as “canary”.
Yellow diamonds are sometimes marketed as “canary”. While it isn’t a proper grading term, it’s commonly used in the trade to describe fancy yellow diamonds.
Fancy Diamonds
Fancy diamonds are any diamonds that are colored.. Even in light tones and weak saturation, as long as they show color in the face-up position, they qualify as fancy colors. Red, green, and blue diamonds with medium to dark tones are extremely rare!
Grading fancy color diamonds is complex and specialized.. here are the grading terms:
Fun Fact:
The Tiffany yellow diamond is one of the largest yellow diamonds ever discovered, it weighed 287.42 carats!
Worn only twice, once by a socialite to a ball and the other by Audrey Hepburn in 1961 for publicity for Breakfast At Tiffany’s.