I LOVE Colorless Diamonds. They have absolutely no color in them whatsoever.
All you see is Whiteness
Most Diamonds are not like this. Most of the Diamonds on the market do have a slight Yellow hue to them (Near Colorless Range).
Few colorless stones other than diamond, white sapphire (chiefly scientific), and quartz are seen in the trade. Colorless true topaz is sometimes sold and artificially whitened zircon (jargoon) is also occasionally met with.
Enhancements
Colorless tourmaline is not enhanced.
More information on gemstone enhancements.
Achroite (Colorless Tourmaline) ...
Colorless
While there are differences in color between D, E, and F diamonds, they can be detected only by a gemologist in side by side comparisons, and rarely by the untrained eye.
Colorless to light grey chalcedony is soaked in a sugar solution until its internal pores are filled with it, then it is boiled in sulfuric acid which "carbonizes" the sugar turning it black.
Colorless Tourmaline
Yellow Tourmaline
TRM359, Tourmaline, Yellow, [N], 8.8x11.9mm Trillion, Fancy Cut, 2.56 ct. $ 634.99 ...
Colorless and near-colorless diamonds are the most valuable. Though most diamonds may appear colorless to the naked eye, the majority of diamonds contain slight traces of yellow or light brown when viewed under a jeweler's loupe.
Colorless diamonds would normally be priced much higher than yellow diamonds. However, when a diamond's color is more intense than the "Z" grading, it enters the realm of a "Fancy Color" diamond.
Colorless quartz also called "rock crystal" simply lacks interest as a jewelry stone. Even when it is well cut it lacks brilliance. Occasionally quartz will contain some interesting inclusions that can increase its appeal.
Colorless: D, E, F
Near colorless: G, H, I, J
Faint yellow: K, L, M
Very light yellow: N, O, P, Q, R
Light yellow: S through Z ...
Colorless, White, Bluish white, Violet, Dark gray
Crystal habit
very rare tabular and prismatic crystals. Usually occurs as fibrous, parallel veins that break off into cleavage fragments. Also occurs as grainy, massive, or nodular masses ...
Colorless diamonds have become increasingly rare and expensive. The color grades of D (flawless) to G are going to be hard to come by at a reasonable price.
colorless, red, green, blue, brown, black, milky, yellow etc. "precious opal" is distinguished by "color-play" or "fire"
Hardness:
5.5 - 6.5 ...
Colorless topaz is irradiated in large quantities and then heat treated to produce various shades of blue. Yellowish diamonds are often irradiated to produce a wide variety of colors.
Colorless to yellowish gray, highly translucent to semitransparent variety of Feldspar that reflects light in a distinctive shimmering phenomenon known as adularescence.
Colorless, orange, yellow, pink, or brown
Pyrope
Colorless, pink, or red ...
colorless, yellow, orange, green, blue, pink and very rarely red.
Hardness
7.5 - 8.0 ...
Colorless, green, gray, white & yellow
Family
Prehnite: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 + Fe ...
Colorless
A diamond with absolutely NO body color. Stone must be completely transparent.
Commercially Perfect ...
Colorless grade. Expert graders can detect slight color in E and F.
$7,500
E ...
Colorless Beryl-joined by green bonding (Triplets)
ASBL
Mabe "Pearls" color coated, dyed, bleached, filled with hardened substances and a Mother of Pearl back. Sometimes coating can be plastic or polymer to protect the thin nacre.
Colorless, blue, pink, yellow, green, "mystic" colors
Crystal Structure
Orthorhombic ...
Colorless diamond: A diamond totally devoid of any body color.
Commercially clean or commercially perfect: The common meaning of this term is "reasonably free from inclusions" implying that the diamond is "almost perfect.
Colorless. Other fancy colours are blue, yellow, brown, orange, pink and green.
Hardness
10 Mohs ...
Colorless Beryl. Collectors stones can be purchased for a few dollars/carat. Unaffected by heat treatment. Some can be (and are) irradiated to produce golden beryl or heliodor.
Colorless topaz, from which blue topaz is produced (via irradiation and heat), is available in sizes up to 100 cts. and greater, and sells for less than $8/ct. Brown topaz fetches similar prices.
Colorless, Beryl group.
Graduated Stones
Gemstones placed in a piece of jewelry from large to small.
Colorless beryl is known as goshenite. On Mohs' scale of hardness, goshenite ranks 7.5 to 8 and it has a vitreous luster. Primary goshenite sources include the United States (Goshen, Massachusetts), Brazil, China, Canada, Mexico, and Russia.
"Colorless" or "white" diamonds - the diamonds traditionally used for engagement rings, stud earrings and solitaire pendants - are evaluated on a color-grading scale developed by the GIA.
A colorless beryl can get transformed into a colorful golden stone if iron is being mixed with uranium. This gemstone shares the good qualities of the light blue aquamarine.
Near Colorless
A general term for diamonds in the G-to-J color range.
Normal Color Range ...
Those colorless diamonds are the ones that are the most valued and highly prized as a general rule, but there is a class of diamonds called ‘ ...
It is colorless or whitish grey. Found in Brazil, United states and India. Also called Mocha stone because the Indian stones earlier came via the Arabian harbor of Mocha.
Sard ...
Truly colorless Diamonds are composed of pure Carbon. Color in a Diamond is the result of the trace elements which are present when the Diamond is formed.
Colorless
A diamond with no traces of body color. Light travels through a colorless diamond better than a diamond with color, resulting in exceptional brilliance.
Small colorless inclusion under the table, small cleavage crack under a crown main facet, small fracture crack under the girdle on a pavilion girdle facet edge. A small extra facet on pavilion.
Clarity grade: VS 1
Quality of cut: very good ...
E: Colorless. Only minute traces of color can be detected by an expert gemologist. A rare diamond.
F: Colorless. Slight color detected by an expert gemologist, but still considered a "colorless" grade. A high-quality diamond.
Unlike colorless diamonds, the value of a natural colored diamond is not as dependant on its clarity. Instead, it hinges on the richness or saturation of the color. As a stone's hue deepens, it's value increases.
Color: Colorless, golden brown, yellow, orange, red, violet, blue, green
Hardness: 6.5 to 7.5
Transparency: Transparent to translucent
Can be found in Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, France, Myanmar, Tanzania, and Thailand ...
E,F Colorless. Exceptionally transparent. Extremely difficult to detect the traces of color in an E or F graded diamond. These diamonds are rare and highly priced.
Heating colorless and very pale blue sapphires to high temperatures is done to give them an intense blue color This treatment can also improve the clarity of the stones by removing tiny inclusions.
The only colorless stone in the group is the De Beers Millennium Star, a 203.04 carat D-Flawless diamond.
Although colorless zircon was used in history as a diamond simulant, it has nothing to do with the now popular cubic zirconia, or zirconium oxyde which is a laboratory grown material.
Colours: Colorless, white, yellow, brown, grey, red, pink, purple, blue, green
Mohs Scale of Hardness: 5
Sources: Brazil, Burma, Sri Lanka, Kola Peninsula (Russia), Canada, East Africa, Sweden, Spain and Mexico ...
Because a colorless diamond, like a clear window, allows more light to pass through it than a colored diamond, colorless diamonds emit more sparkle and fire.
Danburite
Colorless to good yellow color and some pink, from the orthorhombic crystal system, sometime used for faceting.
Hardness : 7 Refractive Index : 1.630-1636 Density : 3 ...
A colorless or white crystalline solid, composed of sodium chloride. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced by the evaporation and crystallization of sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.
Lustre
Colorless transparent coatings that give a very high gloss to the underlying surface.
M
Marquise
An oval shaped gemstone cut with pointed ends. It's named for the Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV.
The pale or colorless topaz used in the process is mined in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and China. The gems are usually cut before they are treated.
Colourless, Colorless
What most people describe as white. Promoted as being the best "colour", mainly because real colours are so rare that there is little point promoting them.
Collection ...
This glorious colorless, cushion-shaped diamond with a weight of 245.35 carats ranks as the sixth largest diamond in the world. The original rough stone, an irregular octahedron without definite faces or shape weighed 650.
A top-quality colorless, transparent glass resembling natural or rock crystal. About 200 kinds of crystal are associated with jewelry. Made through an ancient process that involves lead oxide. To be crystal, there must be a minimum of 10% lead.
Not all of the colorless topaz takes on this blue coloration easily. Stones from Nigeria are reputed to have the highest percentage that take on coloration easily, with stones from Brazil also being used, ...
Most clear and colorless objects retard light only a modest amount. The air we breathe has only a trifling billion-trillion atoms per cubic inch.
Corundum (seldom colorless) exhibits a wide range of colors (blue, pink, green, yellow, etc.) and such stones are properly termed sapphires preceded by the appropriate color (designations using the names of other similar-appearing stones preceded by ...
Goshenite is the colorless variety of beryl mineral group and is named after the site where it was first discovered, Goshen in Massachusetts. Sometimes it is also known as "white beryl" or "mother of gemstones." ...
Acroite is a rare, colorless variety of tourmaline.
ACRYLIC
Acrylics are a type of thermoplastic, and include transparent and opaque in varied colors. Some commonly-known acrylics are lucite and plexiglas.
Acroite is a rare, colorless variety of tourmaline.
Adamantine
Adamantine means having a luster like that of a diamond.
Clear Quartz
A colorless transparent mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form. See Quartz.
Cleavage
Cleavage is the tendency which a stone has to fracture along its crystal structure.
Selenite is a soft, colorless-to-slightly-colored, transparent mineral. It is a crystalline variety of gypsum. Selenite has a hardness of 1-2 and a specific gravity of 2.3 to 2.4.
SELINI ...
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