Monday, June 23, 2008

Pretty in Pink Diamonds!

Celebrities are expressing their love with Pink! This year, rare pink diamonds are making a debut on the fingers of newly-engaged celebrities in Hollywood. The trend started in 2002, when Ben Affleck proposed to Jennifer Lopez with a 6.1 carat pink diamond ring worth a reported $1.2 million. Since then, the pink diamond has been making rare appearances on the red carpet at the Emmies and the Academy Awards and even on the big screen.

In May of this year, Mariah Carey's wedding to Nick Cannon came as a shock to many. But even more shocking than their one- month relationship turned marriage is the ring that hangs off her finger. The emerald-cut fancy light pink 10 carat diamond is surrounded by 58 intense pink diamonds-a total of 17 carats worth $2.5 million. Last month, comedian and talk-show host Ellen Degeneres proposed to long-time lover Portia de Rossi with a fabulous marquis-cut pink diamond that glittered in the spot light at this year's Emmies. It seems rare pink diamonds are garnering as much attention as the celebrities who flaunt them. To celebrate her 30th birthday, David Beckham gave his wife Posh a pink diamond ring.

For celebrities looking for something exceptional and extraordinary pink diamonds are becoming more desirable. In the 2006 feature film The Pink Panther, the heroine, played by Beyonces Knowles, is adorned in pink diamonds. Salma Hayek arrived at the Academy Awards wearing a 15.23 carat fancy intense orangey-pink diamond.

In the world of rare colored diamonds, pink diamonds are the rarest of them all. For every 10, 000 carats mined only one will be colored, and of those colored diamonds a handful will sparkle pink. The majority of the world's pink diamonds are mined in the Argyle mines in Australia.

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Pretty in Pink Diamonds!
posted by Rare Colored Diamonds on Monday, June 23, 2008