Black Diamonds: The Mystical Carbonado and the Hidden Truth of the Jewelry World

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🏜  Black Diamonds: The Mystical Carbonado and the Hidden Truth of the Jewelry World

🧚  When we think of diamonds, the first thing that comes to mind is a brilliant, transparent, and precious gemstone that sparkles with light. However, in recent times, a mysterious and highly attractive type of diamond has become immensely popular among youth and jewelry lovers worldwide. They are none other than Black Diamonds.

🏖️️  Today, black diamonds are widely used in wedding rings, engagement rings, and various ornamental jewelry. But not all black diamonds in the market are the same. As a consumer, there are many true facts you must know regarding their actual condition, the rarity of natural black diamonds, and their scientific background.

Through this blog article, let us examine the true scientific and market facts about black diamonds without any exaggeration.

🌉  Are the Black Diamonds in the Market Truly Natural?

⛲  Most of the black diamonds we see in jewelry stores are color-enhanced diamonds treated through scientific methods by humans, rather than being naturally black when found in the earth.

🏖️️  Radiation and Heat Treatment: 

The majority of black diamonds in today's market are made by taking low-quality, heavily cracked, or heavily included ordinary white or colorless diamonds and subjecting them to high temperatures and radiation. This process turns the color of these diamonds into dark green or black.

🛖 Pricing: 

Since these are artificially color-altered, they are much cheaper than naturally rare black diamonds.

However, diamonds that are naturally black do exist in the world, and they are an extremely rare and valuable type of gemstone.

🧱 What are Natural Black Diamonds?

🪂 Natural black diamonds are completely different from ordinary diamonds in their structure and how they are formed. These are scientifically known by the name Carbonados.

Carbonado is a distinct and unusual polycrystalline diamond material. While a normal diamond exists as a single crystal, carbonado is made up of millions of tiny crystals bonded together.

🗾 Composition: 

Carbonado is an impure, high-density, micro-porous form of diamond. It consists of a combination of diamond, graphite, and amorphous carbon.

🗾  Porosity: 

Within its micro-pores, small crystal precipitates and occasional reduced metallic inclusions are found. Because of this, it has a more porous nature compared to other ordinary diamonds.

🗾  Color: 

Its natural color is black or dark gray. Instead of reflecting light, these diamonds absorb it.

🏞️  Where are Carbonado Diamonds Found?

🏕️ While ordinary diamonds are found within volcanic rock formations called kimberlites across various continents worldwide, the locations where carbonados are found are limited. The vast majority of carbonados discovered globally come from only two main regions

✈️  Central African Republic (in the middle-elevation equatorial zones)

✈️Brazil (where it is most prominently found in alluvial deposits or riverbeds)

According to geologists, the age of the carbonado diamonds found in both these regions can be between 2.6 to 3.8 billion years old. This indicates that they were formed in an era when Africa and South America were joined together before the continents split apart on Earth.

🏛️ A Visitor from Space? (The Theory on Carbonado Origin)

🏖️️ Since carbonado diamonds are not found in the rock layers where ordinary diamonds are discovered on Earth, some scientists believe that they might have arrived via meteorites that crashed into Earth from outer space. Ordinary diamonds are formed under intense pressure and temperature deep within the Earth's interior, while some metallic elements contained in carbonados share similarities with cosmic environments. However, various opinions still exist regarding this matter.

🌉  The Hardest Form Among Diamonds

🛖 Generally, diamonds are considered the hardest material in the world. However, natural black diamonds, or carbonados, are the hardest and toughest form of natural diamond that exists.

The reason for this is its polycrystalline structure. Since an ordinary diamond is a single crystal, it can easily split or break if struck in a specific direction (cleavage). But because carbonado is made of billions of tiny crystal pieces randomly locked together, it is extremely difficult to cut and shape. Due to this, jewelry craftsmen have to use specialized technology and exert severe effort to cut them.

🗾 Are Natural Diamonds Not Found in Sri Lanka?

🏕️ Even though our country is called the "Gem Island" because gemstones are found in abundance, natural diamonds are absolutely never found in Sri Lanka. Throughout the geological history of Sri Lanka, no official or confirmed natural diamond deposit has been found to date.

Although Sri Lanka is rich in over 70 types of precious gemstones such as Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Cat's Eye, and Ceylon Moonstone, there is a clear scientific reason for the absence of diamonds:

🚀 Geological Background: 

For diamonds to form deep within the earth, specific volcanic rock layers with intense pressure and high temperatures (especially Kimberlite rocks) are required. These rocks bring the diamonds up to the earth's surface from very deep layers (more than 150 kilometers deep).

🚀 Sri Lankan Terrain: 

The underground layers of Sri Lanka are formed from very old Precambrian metamorphic rocks that changed under high temperature and pressure. While this environment is ideal for creating gemstones of the Corundum family like Blue Sapphires, the "Kimberlite" volcanic rock structures necessary for diamonds to emerge are not located within Sri Lankan terrain.

Stories that occasionally spread about diamonds being found in various parts of Sri Lanka are almost entirely false. Upon testing, it has been revealed that they are not diamonds but other minerals with a diamond-like appearance, such as pure White Sapphire, Quartz, or Zircon.

(However, even though there are no diamond mines in Sri Lanka, several international-level factories operate within Sri Lanka that cut, polish, and re-export diamonds imported from abroad.)

🏞️  Price and Grading of Black Diamonds

Black diamonds are considered fancy colored diamonds and are graded using completely different methods than the more common white or colorless diamonds.

💎Difference in the 4Cs Method:

While the clarity and color of ordinary diamonds are measured very precisely, the clarity of black diamonds cannot be measured because they are opaque. Only the uniformity of color and the surface polish quality are considered for them.

🗾  Price Comparison: 

Even though other fancy colored diamonds like blue or pink command extremely high prices, black diamonds can be cheaper than ordinary white diamonds. The main reason for this is the lack of consumer demand that existed in the past.

However, consumer preferences are changing nowadays. In recent years, the demand and popularity for black diamonds have risen rapidly.

🏛️ Modern Jewelry Art and Black Diamonds

Today, for those looking for a different, unique, and majestic look instead of traditional white diamonds, black diamonds have become an ideal investment. Especially in:

🌐 Wedding and Engagement Rings: 

Color-enhanced black diamonds set in a hexagonal setting are widely used for modern engagements.

🌐 Fashion Trends: 

Jewelry made by mixing black diamonds and white diamonds together on white gold or platinum highlights a beautiful "Black and White" contrast.

💎 Summary: Think Before You Buy

🪂 If you intend to buy a black diamond piece of jewelry, you must verify whether you are buying a natural carbonado diamond or a heat-treated/irradiated ordinary diamond through a reliable gemological certificate.

Natural black diamonds are an extremely rare creation of nature, while color-enhanced black diamonds are a wonderful combination of human technology and fashion. Whichever it may be, the mysterious, silent beauty possessed by a black diamond will undoubtedly add a truly unique value to your jewelry collection.

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