Chocolate Diamonds: Icy Brown Beauties
 Once upon a time, hardly anyone craved the chocolate diamond. But, as is in the case of many things, a person’s taste has been known to change, and now the chocolate diamond is enjoying incredible popularity. The chocolate diamond is truly a feast…for your eyes, not your tummy!
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A large amount of chocolate diamonds that are on the market come from Australia's Argyle diamond mine. The chocolate diamond occurs naturally. It is believed that the light brown color of the chocolate diamond is caused by it having been buried deep inside the pressure of the earth for a lengthy period of time. This prolonged exposure affects the spacing of nitrogen atoms within the carbon that the stone contains.
Diamonds have been found in many colors: yellow, pink, green, blue, black, purple, orange, red, and brown. Colored diamonds are known as fancy diamonds, and the chocolate diamond actually belongs to the brown diamond family, which is made up of chocolate, champagne, cognac, cinnamon, honey, and clove diamonds.
Of the brown diamonds, chocolate, champagne, and cognac are more popular. The chocolate diamond is light brown and shows no traces of any other color. Champagne diamonds have a golden brown color. Cognac diamonds are brown and have slight traces of a red or orange color. Cinnamon, honey, and clove diamonds are brown diamonds that haven’t yet enjoyed the popularity and attention that the other three brown diamonds have received. A cinnamon diamond has a light pinkish brown color, while the honey diamond is deep yellow/orange in color, and the clove diamond has an olive brown appearance. Perhaps someone was hungry and thirsty while he or she was naming the brown diamond family.
The chocolate diamond and other fancy (colored) diamonds are just as strong and flashy as the more common white diamonds. However, the fancy diamonds are different from other colored gemstones. Diamonds contain carbon, whereas other gemstones of color do not.
The Gemology Institute of America (GIA) rates a colored diamond’s intensity using nine different classifications: faint, very light, light, fancy light, fancy, fancy dark, fancy intense, fancy deep, and fancy vivid. Color, as well as cut, clarity, and carat weight, are all important factors to consider when purchasing a diamond, although the chocolate diamond is usually found in smaller carats. It is used as an impressive accent to other stones, such as white diamonds.
A chocolate diamond is less expensive than a white diamond. Some white diamonds that have been exposed to radiation treatment will look like a chocolate diamond, but they are much cheaper and are not as desirable to own.
A chocolate diamond is truly EYE candy—don’t eat it. A chocolate diamond is ice that will warm your heart. Let it melt in your hand, or on your finger, or wherever it’s worn.
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