There is a general myths about black diamond in many of us is that they are fake stones. However, the fact is that most commercially sold black diamonds are treated real colorless diamonds. They are processed in different ways to get the dull black color which looks more trendy and attractive to those who love wear black jewellery.

Black Diamonds are the most genuine and rarest diamonds out of 10,000-mined diamonds, only one is a naturally colored black diamond. The commercially popular treated Black Diamonds are real diamonds heated to achieve the lush black color.

Black Diamonds have been popular since the creation of the universe; the oldest Black Diamond is the legendry Black Orlov originally weighing 195 carat. The Gruosi Diamond, weighing 115.34 carats is the world’s largest heart shaped black diamond. The Amsterdam Diamond is another renowned 33.00-carat pear shaped black diamond faceted from 55.00-carat rough stone.

Here are some tactics to deal and evaluate the black diamonds while purchasing them.

Cut
Carat
Color
Clarity

The cut is not the shape, remember. The shape is just the outlook of the diamond but the cut shows the fire and brilliance. When diamonds comes from mine they are extremely in rough state requiring cut and polish to enhance their personality. The round brilliant cut and princess cut types are relatively more in vogue for the black diamonds.

Since Carat is universally accepted grading scale and hence used for grading diamonds. The carat weight of the Black diamond is more that of a colorless diamond, thus the black diamond of the same carat may appear smaller than the colorless diamond.

Green, grey or midnight look are the Colors of Black diamonds. The more dense and uniformity in color saturation more valuable will be the diamonds. Mostly diamonds range within dense to translucent.

The Clarity shows the cost of the diamonds. The diamond should be free from cleavage, inclusions and little fractures. The clarity can be determined if the rays of light pass from diamonds which gives the genuine look to the stone and gives you value for your money.