Fancy Color Diamonds are Becoming Scarce

As the years go by, the supply of Fancy Color Diamonds becomes thinner. The premier mine doesn’t produce as many exceptional blue diamonds as it used to. The Argyle mine is about to close and with it a whole ‘species’ of fine pink and red diamonds will become all but extinct. All the Alrosa Fancy Color rough diamonds no longer reach the conventional distribution channels of production.

Most important Fancy Color Diamonds will pass from one generation to the next, a small number will eventually appear back on the market through new platforms, and some goods will gravitate from private collections and will return to the wholesale market. Diamonds that were produced before this millennium will undergo a “face-lift” on the polishing wheel and will gain a second life through new jewelry creations or wealth preservation investments.

Looking at underground rough diamond deposits, we realize that the secondhand market, relatively speaking, is in fact the largest available “mine”. This new “mine” could become the only significant source for future Fancy Color trading.

In the picture is a 0.84ct Radiant Natural Fancy Intense Pink Diamond Ring, Internally Flawless Set in a double halo of colorless and Fancy Intense Pink diamonds.