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Fancy Color Diamonds – Appreciation or Profit? How to manage expectations

According to a lawsuit filed on April 2nd, Mr. Brees claims that a San Diego retailer did not act in good faith by selling him $14,535,004 worth of investment grade fancy color diamonds over the course of a decade with an allegedly unreasonable profit margin. An independent appraiser evaluated the jewelry at $6.5 million.

Green Color in Diamonds: The Natural ‘Treatment’

Of all the fancy colours that diamonds can exhibit, green is the only one that can be naturally created once the diamond

How to Take the Perfect Diamond Photo with your Phone

In this article, we give you important photography tips when using your mobile phone camera, including what to avoid, to create the most authentic image of your fancy color diamond.

A day at the Argyle mine

In the year 2021 the last Argyle pink diamond will be unearthed, right before the underground crushers, conveyors, and trucks shutdown for the last time.

Using the Right ‘Tool Box’

Whether you are a diamond dealer or a sales person in a jewelry store, the 4C’s system is the first and only methodology used for classifying colorless diamonds. Efficient and easy to employ, each category in the system has its own hierarchy. Once its basic principles are understood, anyone can evaluate a colorless diamond accompanied with a report.

Fancy Color Newcomers

In recent years, the fancy color community witnessed a shift that altered every part of its territory and slowly became familiar to the entire industry: the migration of white diamond companies’ capital toward fancy color diamonds. Newcomers to this segment disrupted the balance of power, a sector that was dominated by veteran fancy color hegemony for decades.

FCRF Insights

Fancy Color Diamonds – Appreciation or Profit? How to manage expectations

Green Color in Diamonds: The Natural ‘Treatment’

How to Take the Perfect Diamond Photo with your Phone

A day at the Argyle mine

Using the Right ‘Tool Box’

Fancy Color Newcomers

Fancy Color Price Index™ 101: A User’s Guide

Overview of the Fancy Color Diamond Market (2005-2014)

About the Fancy Color Research Foundation

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