Black Diamond Engagement Rings

Black Diamonds Rings – beautiful, fashionable and often less expensive

Black Diamond Engagement Rings are very much in fashion. Apart from their obvious beauty, Black Diamonds are much cheaper than other diamonds, giving you a larger stone for your money! There are two types of black diamonds.; naturally occurring Black Diamonds are the result of high numbers of inclusions, usually tiny particles of graphite. This makes them rather fragile and liable to fracture, a challenge to cut and polish. Black diamonds seen in jewelry are mostly enhanced white diamonds treated with radiation in order to change their appearance.

Black Diamond Myths and Legends

In India, Black Diamonds were once considered unlucky; resembling the eyes of spiders. In Italy, however, it was thought they could revive failing marriages; touching black diamonds would pass the sourness in the marriage to the diamond.

Ladies 10K White Gold Black White Round Diamond Bow Engagement Ring

Ladies 10K White Gold 0.21 Ct Black White Round Diamond Bow Engagement Ring

Did You Know?

The word ‘Diamond’ originates from the Greek word ‘Adamas’ meaning “indestructible.”

Diamonds that have natural coloring are known as ‘Fancy.’

Diamonds are weighed in chocolate! Carat, the unit of weight of diamonds, derived from the Greek word ‘keration’ meaning ‘fruit of carob bean,’ the Arab word ‘qirat’ and Italian ‘carato’. The carob bean is a cocoa-like substance whose seeds were used on a balance to weigh diamonds, since carob beans appear to be of uniform size and therefore were thought to have the same uniform weight.