{"id":3493,"date":"2021-06-26T21:46:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T21:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleanorigin.com\/blog\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:39:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:39:29","slug":"what-are-purple-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uat.cleanorigin.com\/blog\/what-are-purple-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Purple Diamonds?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These diamonds are a type of fancy colored diamond with a purple or violet hue. Many people love colorful diamonds for all types of jewelry<\/a>, as well as for engagement rings<\/a>. Their noticeable tint makes them so striking, and they are graded differently from colorless diamonds. While colorless diamonds are graded from D to Z, purple diamonds have an adjusted grading scale that considers the variation of color and secondary hues. Unlike other fancy color diamond colors, there are no genuinely famous purple diamonds. Purple diamonds come in an astonishing shade range, spanning pale lilac to deep, almost bluish purple. They also can have secondary hues, meaning they can have a pinkishness or a greyish tint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Do Purple Diamonds Mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Purple diamonds, because they are purple or violet, are often connected to ideas of royalty. Purple being the color of many royal families and a color reserved for royalty due to its expense makes many feel it has a sumptuous, luxurious nature. While purple diamonds don\u2019t necessarily hold the same level of status in the diamond world as purple fabrics do in fashion, they retain the same impression. Purple diamonds can also be used to symbolize serenity, courage, and honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the Origin of Purple Diamonds\u2019 Color?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Purple diamonds originate in a similar way to many fancy color diamonds. They have an impurity in the stone, much like how canary diamonds<\/a> are yellow due to added nitrogen. While there is not a consensus about precisely what element creates the gorgeous purple hue, large amounts of hydrogen and boron are present in these diamonds. People hypothesize that the interaction of these elements is what gives them their stunning purple shade. Some geologists believe that a purple diamond\u2019s hue is a matter of pressure rather than added elements. The journey to the Earth\u2019s mantle is believed to be the source of the pressure that turns the stone\u2019s color from colorless to purple. So far, the GIA, which grades and certifies Clean Origin\u2019s diamonds<\/a>, has not released any specific science on how these gems are formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Can You Tell If a Purple Diamond is Real?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some purple diamonds are not originally purple and are instead irradiated or color-treated to get the purple color. It is best to find untreated diamonds, as they are considered \u201cpure\u201d stones. Lab-grown purple diamonds are not color-treated and are still well within the standards for what constitutes a natural purple diamond. If you are not sure whether a diamond is color-treated or natural, check in with a professional and ask for details from the vendor. It is easy to get ripped off with purple diamonds and can be hard to find out if you\u2019re purchasing a treated piece, even with some reputable vendors. If you\u2019re nervous about the prospect of buying a purple diamond, it may be best to look into pink, blue, or yellow diamonds<\/a> instead! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are Purple Diamonds Natural?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely! While there are treated purple diamonds, you can find purple diamonds on the Earth naturally as well. They form hundreds of miles beneath the Earth\u2019s surface over the course of at least a billion years. The reason for the color of purple diamonds is not well understood yet. Still, the possibilities lie in high amounts of boron and hydrogen or the immense pressure that these diamonds are under when formed. These diamonds are naturally formed, much like other fancy colored diamonds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purple Diamond\u2019s Intensity Levels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Since they have a variation in color and hue, purple diamonds require a different grading scale. The purple diamond grading scale is pretty similar to other fancy color diamond scales. The scale starts at faint<\/a> with the least richness and saturation of color and ends at fancy vivid\/deep\/dark with the highest richness and saturation. While deeper colored diamonds can be more valuable, fancy color diamonds across the scale can be expensive, gorgeous statement pieces. Many choose the intensity of their personal preference, usually picking their favorite color, rather than sticking with a pure diamond value perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GIA grading scale<\/a> is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n