Loose Diamonds Los Angeles has Certified Loose Diamonds, Diamond Education, Create Your Own Ring, Princess Cut, Round Cut, Asscher Cut, Cushion Cut, Ideal Cut and more. In a well-cut diamond, light enters the stone and reflects around the mirror-like facets before exiting through the top, or table. The careful orchestration of the movement of light inside the stone and back to the eye is what causes the fiery sparkle we recognize as brilliance. Skilled professionals maximize the effect by cutting a diamond to very precise proportions. Too shallow a cut will allow light to escape through the bottom of the stone, causing it to look dull. Too deep a cut will cause light to be lost through the diamond s sides, making it appear dark. Depth is not the only important factor; other angles and proportions matter as well. In fact diamond cutters now use sophisticated computer modeling tools to give them a full picture of how light will behave inside a stone, allowing them to adjust proportions to optimize a diamond s brilliance, as well as its brightness, scintillation, and fire, the qualities known collectively as the diamond s face-up appearance. Shop for loose diamonds; create your own ring; and browse through our Golden collection for special offers on the very highest quality cut diamonds. Loose Diamonds Los Angeles is a select provider of highest quality diamonds in Los Angeles California. All types of diamonds for any use you desire, including engagement rings, bridal rings, and certified diamonds, GIA, and EGL Certified diamonds.

Colors

Diamonds occur in a variety of colors — steel gray, white, blue, yellow, orange, red, green, pink to purple, brown, and black, virtually in every color of the rainbow. Colored diamonds contain interstitial impurities or structural defects that cause the coloration, whilst pure diamonds are perfectly transparent and colorless.A chemically pure and structurally perfect diamond is perfectly transparent with no hue, or color. However, in reality almost no gem-sized natural diamonds are absolutely perfect. The color of a diamond may be affected by chemical impurities and/or structural defects in the crystal lattice. Depending on the hue and intensity of a diamond's coloration, a diamond's color can either detract from or enhance its value. For example, most white diamonds are discounted in price when more yellow hue is detectable, while intense pink or blue diamonds can be dramatically more valuable. Out of all colored diamonds, red diamonds are the rarest. The Aurora Pyramid of Hope displays a spectacular array of naturally colored diamonds, including red diamonds. Diamonds occur in a variety of colors — steel gray, white, blue, yellow, orange, red, green, pink to purple, brown, and black, virtually in every color of the rainbow. Colored diamonds contain interstitial impurities or structural defects that cause the coloration, whilst pure diamonds are perfectly transparent and colorless. Diamonds are of two main types and several subtypes, according to the nature of impurities present and how these impurities affect light absorption. Type I diamonds have nitrogen atoms as the main impurity, commonly at a concentration of 0.1%. If the nitrogen atoms are in pairs, they do not affect the diamond's color; these are Type IaA. If the nitrogen atoms are in large even-numbered aggregates, they impart a yellow to brown tint. About 98% of gem diamonds are type Ia, and most of these are a mixture of IaA and IaB material: these diamonds belong to the Cape series.