Monthly Archives: July 2011

Red Diamonds

Educational post about colored diamonds: impurities cause color (boron=blue, nitrogen=yellow, radiation=green, plastic deformation=red/pink). Mentions the 35-carat Wittelsbach blue diamond ($24M at Christie’s 2008) and BPM 37093 – the largest known diamond in the universe (a white dwarf star nicknamed Lucy).

Gold ring with colored diamonds
Gold ring with rough diamonds: 2 yellow and 2 red