Cognac & Champagne Diamonds
Your Champagne and Cognac Engagement Ring
Champagne and cognac diamonds captivate with their warm, natural hues, ranging from soft golden tones to rich, deep browns. These rare diamonds offer a distinctive alternative to traditional colorless stones, bringing depth, character, and understated luxury to an engagement ring. Their earthy brilliance pairs beautifully with custom designs, enhancing both modern and vintage-inspired styles. A champagne or cognac diamond creates a refined, one-of-a-kind ring that feels timeless, personal, and effortlessly elegant.
Why Choose a Champagne or Cognac Diamond?
From subtle champagnes to rich cognacs and dark chocolate, brown diamonds are the new classic.
Their warm, golden tones make them a softer, gentler alternative to the colorless diamond, and their neutral color makes them the perfect choice for timeless jewelry with a contemporary feel.
Combined with rose gold, these champagne to cognac diamonds are truly luxurious.
Cognac to Champagne Diamond Colors
The range of shades available is striking. In the late 1980s, Argyle Diamonds launched a marketing campaign to educate consumers about champagne and cognac diamonds. This program introduced the C1 to C7 color scale, which remains the official color scale for brown diamonds worldwide today:
- C-1 and C-2 Light Champagne
- C-3 and C-4 Medium Champagne
- C-5 and C-6 Dark Champagne
- C-7 Fancy Cognac
What Are Cognac Diamonds?
Cognac diamonds are natural brown diamonds with a rich, warm tone often accented by golden, orange, or reddish hues resembling the color of fine cognac. Unlike colorless diamonds, their earthy brilliance is caused by trace elements like nitrogen within the crystal structure. Mined primarily from Australia’s Argyle Mine, cognac diamonds are cherished for their bold beauty and organic elegance, making them a unique choice for those who crave something naturally distinctive.
The Most Famous Cognac Diamond
The most famous cognac diamond is the Earth Star Diamond.
This remarkable gem weighs 111.59 carats and is known for its deep, rich cognac color and exceptional clarity. It was discovered in 1967 at the Jagersfontein Mine in South Africa, one of the world's oldest diamond mines. The Earth Star was cut from a 248.9-carat rough stone and is notable for its size, color, and its unusually high brilliance for a colored diamond.
The diamond was initially set in a ring designed by Baumgold Bros. and has since been displayed in various exhibitions, showcasing the stunning beauty and rarity of high-quality cognac diamonds.
Krikawa Design Featuring Champagne Diamond
Do you fancy natural champagne diamonds for your jewelry? Krikawa has featured these fancy-colored diamonds in many of our unique engagement rings and wedding bands. Consider some accent diamonds graduating in tone. Contrast the hue of champagne diamonds with platinum, or match the fancy color with rose gold.
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