THE OLIVE FERN GREEN
Featuring a 5.00+ carat plus Fancy Grayish Yellowish Green cushion-shaped diamond SI1 (GIA) accented by two matching Fancy Deep Yellow Orange heart-shaped diamonds VS2 (GIA). Natural Green Diamonds are some of the most attractive colors among collectors for their importance throughout history. This rare Green holds a very unique vibrant tone much like an Olive green tone sparkling among Orange Fern trees, its wide cushion shape is highly desirable to any collector.
DESIGN
Created by our master craftsmen, this rare Fancy Grayish Yellowish Green diamond is a remarkable treasure. Named “The Olive” for its unique green tone that glows via the facets of the diamond. Integrating Natural Orange diamonds in this design offers inspiration from the deep forest foliage where Fern trees are found in many colors from Green, Olive to Orange.
Image courtesy of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America)
GREEN DIAMONDS
According to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). The main causes of green color in gem diamonds, either as the sole mechanism or in combination, are vacancies produced by radiation damage. Most green diamonds are discovered in South American or African mines.
Different causes of color in green diamonds produce slightly different hue ranges, depending on the other impurities and defects present such as structural defects produced by radiation exposure or by more complex defects involving nitrogen, hydrogen, or nickel impurities. Depending on the number of vacancies and the other impurities and defects present, green diamonds colored can have pure green or blue-green hues, yellow-green hues, gray-green hues, and yellow-green hues. The GIA Green Article - Link
Image courtesy of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America)
RARITY
Fancy color diamonds are among the most highly valued of gemstones due to their beauty and rarity. Interestingly, among the rarest of diamond colors are green, blue, and pink to red. According to the GIA over the last ten years, diamonds with these natural color components comprised less than 0.4% of all diamonds submitted to GIA’s laboratories worldwide (including both fancy-color and those on the D–Z scale). Pure hues of green, blue, or red are even rarer, accounting for less than 0.07% of all diamonds examined.
The chart above highlights the different color hues found in natural green diamonds.