Should We Buy "Treated Diamonds"?

Treated Diamonds is a term for ‘improved diamonds’. The aspects that are being improved including the clarity, the color and the diamonds surface by a coating material. The goal of treating the diamonds is to improve one of the diamonds appearance aspects or even the overall appearance.Clarity Improved Diamonds
In order to improve the clarity of diamonds, sometimes tiny cracks in the diamond are filled with molten glass.  This can cause the diamond to move up a grade in the GIA grading system, and it does not affect the overall weight of the diamond.  The process was invented by Israeli diamond cutter, Zvi Yehuda in 1982.  Since this invention, some companies have begun a new process that fills the cracks with bromine instead of the molten glass, however, bromine will sometimes discolor the diamond under certain lighting conditions.  It’s always best to ask what method the diamond has been treated with when considering treated diamonds, so that you are not surprised when you view the diamond in light outside the jeweler’s.

Colored Diamonds
There are a few different types of color treated diamonds.  Colored diamonds are actually painted in order to take away a yellowish tinge, and make the diamonds appear more white and transparent.  Some are colored darker, in order to permanently alter a diamond to a different color by using electron bombardment.  Others become treated diamonds by way of laser drills.  In the 1970′s people began using lasers to drill miniscule holes into the diamonds to reach dark colored spots.  Once they reach the dark colored areas within the diamonds, they are able to bleach them with acid so that they are not as noticeable.  Sometimes they finish the laser treated diamonds by then filling the tiny holes with molten glass.

Coated Diamonds
Coated treated diamonds are much like a colored diamond, except for the entire diamond gets a coating of a substance that is designed to make the diamond appear brighter and more translucent to the naked eye.  In fact, the coating is so good on most treated diamonds that it can go undetected unless an experienced gemologist studies the diamond for it’s value.

Should We Buy “Treated Diamonds”?

To answer the question, the answer will be depending on your own consideration. YES, if budget is one of your consideration. Treated diamonds may come in a quite decent price with the look of expensive diamonds. But the answer would be NO if you also want to maintain the diamonds value for collection or investment. Treated diamonds is not always necessarily faked, but still they are not as natural as they look and worth. So, it’s your call…