Chocolate diamonds are brown coloured diamonds which are less expensive than the popular white diamonds. There are more mines in the world that produce these brown diamonds and that is why you pay less for them. They were always considered as brown "low" quality diamonds, but this changed since an extended marketing campaign of a man called Le Vian. Thanks to him the chocolate diamond is now a new trend in fashion. He made the comparison between chocolate and the brown diamonds and this seemed a good idea. These times everybody loves chocolate. Chocolate is an affordable popular sin which also has many healthy influences on our body.

Nowadays the brown diamond is not considered low quality anymore. There are all kind of designs, with the cognac coloured being the most popular. In fact, there are many celebrities who are wearing these goodies round their fingers.

A diamond is considered as the brightest and most expensive gem on earth which possesses the greatest ability to refract light. It is not only used for making fine jewelry, but also industry based as a good way to drill threw very hard materials. In the sense of popularity, the brightest diamond right now is the brown or chocolate diamond. These fancy coloured diamonds come in a wide ranges of shapes and colours. The colour can vary from light coloured champagne diamonds to the very popular darker cognac diamonds. Popular names like cinnamon, caramel and chocolate diamonds are considered cognac diamonds.

Grading brown diamonds works in the same way as grading the white colourless diamond. Very important is to consider Carat, clarity, colour and the way the stone is cut. Carat says something about the size and weight of the Diamond. The diamond is considered high quality when the colour is very deep and rich. If a brown diamond is of high clarity, you can almost see through it just like a piece of glass. Off course it is important in which way the the diamond is cut for creating a fashionable shape.

Mankind hunts for diamonds for a long time. They are long-time considered as very precious stones. Some of the biggest mines can be found in Africa and Russia. For some time diamonds were suspected to be present in the deserts of Australia. It was not before 1976 that geologists found some precious stones in a little creek near Lake Argyle. They started digging in what is now one of the largest deposits of mines in the world.

Natural diamonds are created under extreme conditions with high temperatures. Their are various colours like blue, white, purple, which are all scientifically explained when colour is considered. However, they don't know how brown diamonds are created and by that they stay a mystery. Almost 80% of all diamonds produced in the Argyle mine are of the brown variety. Recently less expensive diamonds, those made in laboratory, or look-a-like diamonds have won in popularity cause they look a lot like real diamonds but are less expensive. You have to be a real expert to see the difference between a real diamond or one made in a laboratory. This is one of the reasons why the world has start loving Chocolate diamonds.

Brown diamonds are the reward that follows some very hard wok to produce these diamonds. Indeed do brown diamonds have some imperfections and flaws in which they can not compete with real white diamonds. However these little flaws mixed with their mystery is what makes them special.

The new fashion trend in Hollywood are chocolate diamonds. No one less than: Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Cate Blanchett, Jessica Simpson and Halle Berry have all been seen with these sparkling mysterious beauty full diamonds. Everyone has embraced the hottest jewelry fashion on the planet. They are widely range in affordability and by that affordable for almost everyone.  Next time you want to buy a diamond for your loved one, suprise her with the mysterious appearance of the Chocolate Diamond.