Champagne and Cognac diamonds are naturally occurring diamonds, ranging in colour from a warm straw gold to a deep chocolate colour. Cut in any number of shapes and sizes, champagne and cognac diamonds are a beautiful option for a variety of diamond jewellery. The most famous champagne diamond ever cut was the Golden Pelican, a 69.93ct golden emerald cut champagne diamond, which was mined in South Africa.
Mined at the Argyle Mine in Western Australia, amongst others worldwide, champagne and cognac diamonds were originally known simply as “brown diamonds.” These diamonds are the lower coloured gem quality diamonds mined in abundance in a number of mines around the world. Realizing the beauty of these diamonds, the Argyle Mine reintroduced these diamonds as Champagne and Cognac diamonds, resulting in an increase in demand.
The term champagne refers to diamonds graded on the fancy diamond scale from C1 to C6, where one is the lightest colour and six the most intense. Champagne diamonds graded C1 and C2 are light champagne, C3 and C4 medium champagne, and C5 and C6 dark champagne. Diamonds graded C7 are considered Cognac coloured, as they exhibit the most intense, deep brown colour.
As these diamonds are readily available, prices are fairly consistent with prices for white diamonds, if not slightly lower. When purchasing a champagne or cognac coloured diamond, it is important to look for diamonds with a cut grade of good or better, as well as a reasonably high clarity. These two factors will enhance the natural colour of a diamond and allow the champagne or cognac colour to appear vivid and full of brilliance.
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GERALD TORRES
04:22 28 Jun 22
Larsen's have been amazing to deal with, living in Perth I thought it would be an issue to organise my wife's wedding. They gave me exactly what I wanted and a great price, the ring arrived very quickly just in time for our special day. I highly recommend Larsen's to my friend's.
Lynette Van Heugten
23:43 27 Jun 22
Thank you so much for the beautiful ring you designed and made for me love it so much
M C
08:59 27 Jun 22
We did the ring making workshop. Absolutely brilliant from the start to finish. We wanted a more memorable experience in choosing our wedding bands, and by golly this was it. If you like to be hands on, and are a sentimental nugget like me, I would really consider this. I really enjoyed the process of making our rings for each other, and for us, that was special. You are given help, don't you fret, and the rings come out pretty freakin profesh. 10/10, would get divorced and re-married again just to make some more jewelry with this great group of individuals.
J S
05:57 26 Jun 22
We loved our experience with Larsen, they were very welcoming, patient and knowledgeable and our hand made custom wedding bands are exactly what we wanted. Thanks Rod!
Russell
05:40 26 Jun 22
Larsen went over and above to help us get out engagement ring we wanted. We were unsure where to go too, and after a short weekend in Sydney look at rings, we were even more confused.Rod and Fleur were absolutely amazing, they took our ideas and made the dream come true with the ring we wanted. Not a close imitation, but made exactly what we wanted.Fleur is amazing, right onto everything we needed, always a smiling face, we felt right at home with Larsen.We whole-heartedly recommend Larsen for your very special jewelry. Just because they're out of the way does not mean you wont get expert advice.100% we'll go back and talk to Rod & Fleur for our wedding bands.R&J