{"id":1559,"date":"2019-01-22T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2023-07-01T13:21:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:21:52","slug":"what-are-chocolate-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/what-are-chocolate-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT ARE CHOCOLATE DIAMONDS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Chocolate-Diamonds.gif\" alt=\"Chocolate Diamonds\" title=\"Chocolate Diamonds\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1560\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>What are chocolate diamonds?<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Can you eat them?<\/strong> Ha, I jest.<\/p>\n<p>\nFirst off, let me compliment the creators for the name &#8220;<strong>chocolate diamonds<\/strong>&#8220;. They did a good job grabbing people&#8217;s interest, because <strong>everyone loves chocolate.<\/strong> The wide appeal chocolate has on the world is sure to help generate sales.<strong> Who doesn&#8217;t want chocolate dripping off their fingers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>Plenty want it.<\/h2>\n<p>\nJust look at all the awesome <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2RMy6eQ\">chocolate diamond rings<\/a> on <strong>Amazon <\/strong>as an example.<\/p>\n<p><h2>So what are chocolate diamonds?<\/h2>\n<p>\nChocolate diamonds are none other than <strong>brown diamonds <\/strong>(not diamonds dipped in chocolate). They are natural (although I&#8217;m sure a few have been heat-treated to enhance the color) and come in many different shades of brown.<\/p>\n<p>\nOther brown diamonds sell under such fun names as: <strong>cognac, cinnamon, clove, honey<\/strong> and the best-known, &#8220;<strong>champagne<\/strong>&#8221; colored diamonds (champagne diamonds are lighter brown colored diamonds that have been around for many, many years &#8211; millions).<\/p>\n<p>\nChocolate colored diamonds are a much <strong>deeper, darker brown hue<\/strong>. Celebrities and stars all across hollywood boulevard are sporting chocolate diamonds from big-name jewelers and designers.<\/p>\n<p>\nHeck, even the king of Thailand has a huge chocolate diamond (called the <strong>Golden Jubilee<\/strong>) that weighs 545.67 carats. <strong>That&#8217;s rich!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>Fancy colors:<\/h2>\n<p>\nThere are a lot of other colored diamonds on the market as well. Colors like blue diamonds (<strong>Caribbean blue diamonds<\/strong>), yellow diamonds, orange diamonds, red diamonds, black diamonds, green diamonds and pink diamonds. The term fancy color is given to diamonds that have a deep intense coloring and are graded below Z (Z+) on the GIA diamond color chart.<\/p>\n<p><h2>But what about chocolate diamonds?<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Where do they fit in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nWhile it&#8217;s true that intense brown diamonds can be called <strong>fancy<\/strong>, it&#8217;s also true that brown diamonds are nothing more than <strong>diamonds with poor color<\/strong> (like N-Z on the color chart). These lower quality diamonds often look yellowish or brown in tone. They used to be not desirable and most jewelers frown upon them.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut chocolate diamonds are deeper than most brown diamonds. The color is darker, the hue stronger. Some brown diamonds are actually considered &#8220;<strong>fancy color<\/strong>&#8220;, and the prices of these stones is insane. But the browns that you see in the jewelry store are not termed &#8220;<strong>fancy<\/strong>&#8220;. They are just brown, and are much more affordable. To be a fancy, the color needs to be beyond a certain brown color range, be consistent in hue, depth and color distribution.<\/p>\n<p>\nEither way, <strong>chocolate diamonds are becoming all the rage<\/strong> that&#8217;s for sure. With momentum and high demand the prices may increase&#8230; Or they could just drift away after a couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo me,<strong> they&#8217;re brown and pretty<\/strong> and I love them. Beautiful styles and designs mixed with rose gold, yellow gold and white. Granted, the jewelers still have to match up all those brown diamonds in order to make a ring, pendant or bracelet (they have to match in color so they look good together), but they&#8217;re still brown no matter how you look at it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>Brown is brown!<\/h2>\n<p>\nI will say I am highly impressed at the pieces of jewelry they have created with these brown diamonds (and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/2767825\/type\/dlg\/https:\/\/www.kay.com\/en\/kaystore\/searchterm\/levian%20chocolate\/~\/~\/0\/New\/0\/~\/~\/~\/~\/false\/~\/~\/~\/20\/levian%20chocolate\/false?icid=COL_LEVIAN:LF_NAV:CHOCOLATEDIAMONDS\">LeVian does chocolate diamonds the best<\/a>)&#8230; <strong>A stunning work of art.<\/strong> Setting chocolate diamonds looks so rich and delicious.<\/p>\n<p>\nWith elegant pieces and great prices, <strong>why not indulge yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nHere are some examples of chocolate diamond jewelry:<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/What-Are-Chocolate-Diamonds.jpg\" alt=\"What Are Chocolate Diamonds?\" title=\"What Are Chocolate Diamonds?\" width=\"502\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/What-Are-Chocolate-Diamonds.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/What-Are-Chocolate-Diamonds-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>But heads up&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>It&#8217;s all about color.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nMeaning, the clarity may be low (just make sure it doesn&#8217;t look bad)&#8230; With colored diamonds, <strong>color rules!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nAll in all, <strong>there is nothing wrong with chocolate diamonds<\/strong>. Even though they are low in color, I still adore them.<\/p>\n<p>\nI also like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/what-are-black-diamonds\/\">black diamonds<\/a> and all the fun colors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/fancy-colored-diamonds\/\">fancies<\/a>. Variety is good. Unusual different pieces are sure to attract attention.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Are chocolate diamonds right for you?<\/strong> A lot of women like earth-tones and will certainly love them. Others will just think they&#8217;re <strong>dinosaur doo-doo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nMe, I think they&#8217;re interesting, trendy, fun, fat-free and cheap. <strong>You gotta love that. <\/strong>If you like brown, go for it. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>\nWith a name like chocolate,<strong> what have you got to lose?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>Top reasons to buy chocolate diamonds:<\/h2>\n<p>\nI&#8217;ve put together a list of great reasons why chocolate diamonds are awesome, and why you should buy one. Check it out: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/great-things-about-chocolate-diamonds\/\">Good things about chocolate diamonds.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nAnd check out this fine collection below of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/2767825\/type\/dlg\/https:\/\/www.kay.com\/en\/kaystore\/searchterm\/levian%20chocolate\/~\/~\/0\/New\/0\/~\/~\/~\/~\/false\/~\/~\/~\/20\/levian%20chocolate\/false?icid=COL_LEVIAN:LF_NAV:CHOCOLATEDIAMONDS\">LeVian chocolate diamonds at Kay Jewelers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/2767825\/type\/dlg\/https:\/\/www.kay.com\/en\/kaystore\/searchterm\/levian%20chocolate\/~\/~\/0\/New\/0\/~\/~\/~\/~\/false\/~\/~\/~\/20\/levian%20chocolate\/false?icid=COL_LEVIAN:LF_NAV:CHOCOLATEDIAMONDS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Kay-Jewelers-Chocolate-Diamonds.jpg\" alt=\"Kay Jewelers Chocolate Diamonds\" title=\"Kay Jewelers Chocolate Diamonds\" width=\"502\" height=\"653\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Kay-Jewelers-Chocolate-Diamonds.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Kay-Jewelers-Chocolate-Diamonds-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>Beautiful stuff, isn&#8217;t it?<\/h2>\n<p>\nAlso, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/what-are-nude-diamonds\/\">check out LeVian&#8217;s new NUDE diamonds here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>What are chocolate diamonds? Can you eat them? Ha, I jest. First off, let me compliment the creators for the name &#8220;chocolate diamonds&#8220;. They did a good job grabbing people&#8217;s interest, because everyone loves chocolate. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/what-are-chocolate-diamonds\/\" title=\"WHAT ARE CHOCOLATE DIAMONDS?\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-color","category-diamonds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}