A variety of diamond generaly available in Africa, Australia and Russia, is known as chocolate diamond and is so called because it occurs in nature is shades of brown. It’s also called as a “Fancy Diamond”, though not as expensive as its white counterpart.

It has other characteristics of a diamond, including brilliance, hardness and chemical content. Despite the fancy tag given to it, the Gemological Institute of America gives it the recognition of a real diamond.

However, it’s more valued because of its decorative chracteristics rather than an investment, as it doesn’t appreciate in value, unless combined with white diamonds and other precious stones.

How Did The Chocolate Diamond Come To Be?

The chocolate diamond is the outcome of excellent marketing and branding. Until the year 2000, it failed to get attention of users, when Le Vian, the jewelry house, pushed it  to acquire a celebrity status by keeping it on the red carpet, to be followed by Halle Berry’s stunning body (and later on 100 Hollywood stars), and altering its name from Fancy to Chocolate. This beautful diamind owes its present well-deserved attention and patronage to the efforts put in by Le Vian.

What Are Your Options For Buying Chocolate Diamonds?

Depending on the budget and your preferred design here are the options:

1. Natural: As they are mined, they are naturally more expensive. The more the intensity of color, the more is the price. For instance, Le Vian’s Chocolatier Collection often comes with a notice saying “Price available upon request”, meaning it’s going to be highly expensive.

2. Cultured: Also called man-made gems, are usually a combination of Chocolate Diamonds with pieces of crystals or quartz. The best feature of having cultured chocolate diamond is that you get the freedom of having it custom-made as per your preferred design without spending a fortune!

3. Coated: This type of chocolate diamond is not classified as precious. It is treated in a lab to enhance its looks and make it saleable.

Call on your jeweler to have a look at a chocolate diamond. You are most likely to see diamond in shades of chocolate, deep chocolate, cognac, champagne and honey, but the lightest shade of brown for such a diamond is cinnamon.

How Affordable Is It?

Other than the selected pieces on the Le Vian website, you may have a chocolate diamond accessoried with other semi-precious gems for about $1,000. Combination of aquamarine and chocolate diamond is simply irresistible.

However, you would do well to buy it from a known or reputed jeweler, as the popularity of chocolate diamonds has led to the circulation of their fake variety in the market.

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