Can diamonds come in different colors?
Diamonds are primarily colorless, or there are the rare diamonds that have a hint of color. http://crazytopics.blogspot.com/2007/02/10-largest-diamonds-in-world.html If diamonds are supposedly colorless then why do they have gray, pink, or even brown colors? When certain chemicals mix in the making of a diamond, then the color of that gemstone will reflect what chemicals are mixed. According to The Connoisseur’s Guide To Precious Gemstones, Nitrogen is responsible for the yellow, brown and sometimes the pink color in diamonds. Boron is responsible for the gray blue colors, and hydrogen is the coloring agent for some red, olive, violet and blue diamonds. Color in a diamond has two additional sources: atomic, normally gamma radiation, which causes the color in green diamonds and physical deformation of the diamond crystal known as plastic deformation. Plastic deformation is the cause of color in some pink and in red diamonds (Wise). As fun as colored diamonds may seem, the price of one w
