Pink Diamond Engagement Rings --
Think Pink Diamonds!

Pink diamond engagement rings and pink diamond gemstones have doubled in value every five years!

Most women love pink -- and getting a pink diamond engagement ring would make any bride-to-be a very happy woman indeed. A natural pink diamond is one of the rarest diamonds in the world. So rare, in fact, that most jewelers will never see a natural one. No wonder pink diamond engagement rings are becoming so popular among women as an alternative to colorless diamond engagement rings! Today a pink diamond is a girls best friend.

90% of the world's supply of pink diamonds are produced in Australia's Argyle Mine.

A pink diamond engagement ring is more expensive than a ring with a white, colorless, diamond of similar quality. One reason why a pink diamond is more valuable than many rubies and sapphires is that pink diamonds are significantly more durable and more brilliant. The deeper the pink, the higher the price tag!

Pink diamond engagement rings follow the same grading system as colorless diamonds do:

The Four C's:

• Carat
• Cut
• Clarity
• Color (with exception of color)

However, when judging a pink diamond engagement ring you must take into account the unique color grading system.

The deep pinks with purple hues of some pink diamond engagement rings are considered more valuable than the lighter hued pinks. Due to their rarity, pink diamonds have been prized over all other gemstones in it's class and have been mostly reserved only for noble classes. Today however, science has succeeded in transforming the less desirable diamonds (in yellows and browns), into beautiful pink diamonds through adding pigmentation.

Celebrity Pink Diamond Engagement Ring: You know the one!

You may be interested to know that the original celebrity Affleck-Lopez pink diamond engagement ring is set in platinum. Jennifer's pink diamond ring was an approximately 6.5 carat radiant emerald cut center stone with another 1 carat step cut on each side. Ben Affleck reportedly spent 1.2 million dollars for it -- it was reported she returned the ring to him when they broke their engagement. Which means it's still floating around out there somewhere waiting for the next lucky woman!