Monday, January 01, 2007

Clarity Enhanced Diamonds

What are CE and HTHP Diamonds?

Clarity Enhanced (CE) Diamonds are totally natural Diamonds that have been treated with a New Clarity Enhancement Process. This new revolutionary process optically eliminates "feathers" (inclusions), which are naturally occurring imperfections found in most diamonds.

High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) Diamonds are also totally natural Diamonds that have been treated with a complex process that involves heating the stone while it's under pressure until the desired alteration of color and/or clarity is evident. This treatment is only performed on certain diamonds.

The results are more visually stunning diamonds that you can purchase for significantly less than a similar-looking, non-enhanced diamonds, where only you and your jeweler will ever really know that you own a CE or HPHT Enhanced Diamond.

CE and HPHT Diamonds are both natural diamonds from deep in the heart of the earth which have been technologically enhanced to become as brilliant, clear and beautiful as modern science can make it.

When light travels from one medium to another, it either changes its course or reflects in a different direction. When light attempts to pass through a non-enhanced diamond that may have typical feather inclusions, the light hits the feather and reflects off in any number of directions. The more feathers, the more the diamond appears to be non-transparent. With a CE or HPHT diamond, the light passes THROUGH the natural inclusions, because the material used for the enhancement has the same optical characteristics as the diamond. The beam of light "thinks" it's still traveling through the same material (diamond) and continues its original course. The amount of material used to fill the feather is so minute that the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has reported that the clarity enhancement process ADDS NO WEIGHT to a diamond. This treatment method is permanent and normally does not create special care requirements.

Clarity Enhanced (CE) as well as High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) Diamonds are normally GUARANTEED FOR LIFE by the manufacturer.

The CE clarity enhancement is permanent and is not visible to the naked eye, except the only things likely to compromise the integrity of your CE diamond's enhancement are the flame of a torch or boiling acids and bases. In the unlikely event your CE diamond should lose its enhancement, usually the manufacturer will restore the enhancement of your diamond, free of charge.

The HPHT clarity enhancement is totally permanent , even with the flame of a torch or boiling acids and bases.

You can usually expect to pay 15% to 25% less than what you'd pay for a natural Diamond for the same color and clarity.

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