Real Pink Diamonds, Real Yellow diamonds - grown by man rather than
mined!
We are the web's premier source for stunning, lab-grown pink, blue
and
yellow diamonds. Real diamond, cut to exacting
specifications, but grown in a laboratory rather than
mined.
Various rings showing our blue and yellow
diamonds
All our inventory is *real* diamond; All are accompanied by an independent
gemological grading report as your assurance of quality.
If
you are unfamiliar with what a genuine cultured, or lab-grown, diamond is,
please visit here for more info.
To answer the most common question:
All Takara's will test
positive on any form of diamond tester...because Takaras are
*real* diamond
(same molecular composition as mined
diamonds). The difference is Takaras are grown in a
laboratory and due to the cost savings by not having to mine
hundreds of tons of rock, Takaras can be purchased at a fraction
of the price of their mined counterparts. Our lab-grown
Yellow Diamonds often sell for 1/7th the price of equivalent mined
yellow diamonds and our lab-grown pink diamonds are offered for as
little as 1/25th the price of their mined pink diamond equivalent.
Speaking of mined
counterparts, here are a few quotes related to the value of
natural pink and blue diamonds as compared to whites:
“A fine pink
or blue diamond of unquestionable color, meaning, you see the
pink or blue, can cost 10 to 50 times more than a white diamond
of the same size”
LA Times
"...pink diamonds are known to command prices
exceeding $400,000 per carat..."
National Jeweler Network
"To put
the true rarity of these special 'pink' diamonds into
perspective, from every million carats of rough [white] diamonds
produced at the mine, a mere one carat [of pinks] is suitable
for sale..."
From Rio Tinto website [Rio
Tinto owns the Argyle mines, the source of 90% of the worlds
pink mined diamonds].
In our
experience, the more you know about the rarity and beauty of
colored natural diamonds, the more you can appreciate the beauty
and value that our Takara lab-grown diamonds can offer. Our
pink diamonds are often available for selling prices equivalent to 5% of
the price you would pay to buy the equivalent pink if it was mined
instead of grown in the lab.
Latest news:
October 19th:
Two new yellow diamonds for sale..:
Our latest cutting batch is complete, and we have two
beautiful 1.69ct, VS1 yellow diamonds for sale - one is a
princess cut, the other an asscher cut. Both are
outstanding. Details on our yellow diamond inventory
listing page
here.
August 3rd:
More lab grown pink diamonds, blue diamonds ready for sale...:
Our latest batch is ready for sale - we've posted a number of
matched pairs, both pink diamond pairs and blue diamond pairs,
as well as two new single diamonds. The colors are
outstanding. Details at our
Pink Diamond Page,
and our Blue
Diamond page.
.41ct Blue Diamond from our latest batch
July 27th:
More lab grown pink diamonds coming...:
We have several pairs of smaller matched pink diamonds in
grading and we hope to have these out for sale next week.
New website coming!
A long time overdue, but we are expanding and currently 'under
construction' with a new, much more advanced website.
This will provide a number of new features, including an RSS
feed so you can simply receive automatic updates
whenever a new pink diamond (or yellow diamond, etc) is posted
for sale. This will help eliminate our current 'waiting
list' model for our pink diamonds.
If you are adventurous, you
can see the site as it is being built here:
http://TakaraDiamonds.com/store
Please note, no sales or
'live' product are available there -its all sample data for
now!
EternaVista Pink Diamonds sold out: We have sold
all of our EternaVista pink diamonds (natural white diamonds
treated to turn pink). The last two went into creating
stunning Timeless Halo rings.
June 14th:
2 new Takara yellow diamonds for sale: We
are pleased to announce that we have completed a new asscher
yellow diamond, as well as an emerald cut yellow Takara
diamond. The color on both of these is stunning. Details are at our new yellow diamond index page here.
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Yellow Asscher |
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1.42ct
Yellow Emerald |
April 18th:
3 new Takara yellow diamonds for sale: We
received the four latest yellow diamonds back from the grading lab
today, and have posted two of them for sale. Two are wait
listed and so these will be posted if they are not purchased by
those on the waiting list. The three available now are a
stunning 1.33ct oval yellow diamond, a 1.33ct asscher cut yellow
diamond, and a 1.41ct yellow cushion diamond (lab grown, of
course). Details are at our new yellow diamond index page here.
1.33ct lab yellow diamond, oval
cut
More
Takara pink diamonds coming next week, and...the return of Takara
blue diamonds! We
are expecting a relativey large shipment of pink diamonds next
week, and we'll even have a few blue diamonds as well!
Details will be posted next week, but there is a .63ct pink
diamond, one of the largest we've had in years coming.
April 11th:
4 new Takara yellow diamonds will be ready for sale shortly: We
have completed cutting on 4 new stunning Takara yellow diamonds,
and will be offering them for sale in the next two weeks.
They are a complete array of shapes:
- 2.08ct
Princess cut yellow diamond
- 1.41ct Cushion
cut yellow diamond
- 1.34ct Oval
cut yellow diamond
- 1.33ct Asscher
cut yellow diamond
April 6th:
Largest Takara yellow diamond we have ever offered, 2.08ct, will
be available shortly: We
are pleased to announce that we have completed cutting on a 2.08ct
yellow diamond princess cut, and will have it available in the
next two weeks. This is in fact the largest yellow diamond
we have ever offered for sale, and we are quite excited about
it.
There is a
waiting list for this size yellow diamond (2.00ct+), and so it
will likely sell before being offered publicly, but we will post
the final grading report and a press release once it has made it
through grading.
*Additional
Takara pink diamond, .50ct: We'll have another Takara
lab grown pink diamond ready next week - this is a stunning .50ct
round. We'll post it for sale as soon as the grading lab
completes the certificate.
March 12th:
4 new Takara pink diamonds available next week: We
are close to having 4 new Takara pink diamonds ready for
sale: a .61ct, .42ct and a matched pair (.43ct and .44ct) -
all are expected to grade Fancy Vivid Purplish pink. We'll
have details next week once they have completed grading.
January 8th:
2 new Takara yellow diamonds ready, 1
new Takara pink diamond ready: As
announced, we are ramping up our lab grown yellow diamond
production to meet demand, and are pleased to make available a
1.50ct and 1.66ct yellow diamond, both in Asscher cuts.
Details can be found at our Asscher cut lab grown yellow diamond
page here - Takara
yellow diamond Asscher page
1.50ct Takara
yellow diamond,
Asscher cut (from the certificate photo)
Additionally, we
are pleased to make available a new Takara pink diamond, .42ct in
a pure Fancy Vivid Pink color. Details on this diamond are
here - Takara
.42ct pink diamond page.
Dec 10th: 1
new Takara pink diamond may be ready end of this week: After
a long dry spell, we are expecting to complete a .42ct fancy vivid
lab grown pink diamond and have it available for sale. Most
of the current batch only came out in very small sizes, so the
.42ct is the largest of this batch.
Nov. 23rd:
3 new EternaVista treated pink diamonds: After
having made a number of test runs, we are pleased to have three
new EternaVista treated pink diamonds available. All of
these graded 'fancy intense pink', and are a softer pink than our
Takara lab grown pink diamonds.
.70ct EternaVista
treated pink diamond
The first batch
is now available for immediate purchase, and we have the following
sizes - all our round brilliant cut:
- Round:
1.18ct
- Round: .70ct
- Round: .50ct
More
details at our EternaVista treated pink diamond page here.
Nov. 12th:
3 new yellow Takara's nearing completion: We
had a long dry spell in terms of production, but at last have a
few new Takara's pending. The first batch is 3 new yellow
diamonds, with the following cuts and sizes:
- Princess
Cut: 1.76ct
- Premiere
Asscher: 1.74ct
- Premiere
Asscher: 1.72ct
We expect
to have these available for sale around Thanksgiving (after they
are graded at Global Gem Labs).
We are hoping to
also offer a few new pink diamonds (Takara lab grown) around the
first week of December as well. These are still in cutting
and so we do not know yet if we will have any larger (.50ct) size
pink diamonds quite yet.
Finally, we have
3 new EternaVista pink diamonds in grading right now, including a
1.18ct, and these should be ready for sale next week.
July 4th: 4
new pink Takara's nearing completion: We
should have 4 new pink lab grown diamonds available in the next
two weeks. Sizes are from .47ct - .56ct, all rounds.
More details are at our lab grown pink diamond page here.
June 24th:
More EternaVista Color Enhanced Natural diamonds underway: We
are currently in the process of producing another pink EternaVista
and two new blues EternaVistas. Again, our EternaVista line
is natural white diamonds that are color enhanced by ion induction
into Fancy Pink or Fancy Blue diamonds. We are still
refining the optimal natural white diamonds to start with to get
the best finished color, but believe we are close to finalizing
that process.
Here's what's
pending:
Pink - .50ct,
expected to finish Fancy Vivid Pink.
Blue - 1.18ct and
.70ct - expected to finish as Fancy Intense Blue.
We'll be
expanding the site to handle the expected growth of our
EternaVista line. We were unable to get photos of our first
EternaVista Pink as it has already sold, however, once we have
finalized the specs for what type of whites are the best starting
material, we will have a proper photo shoot to show off the
outstanding beauty of these color enhanced naturals.
June 12th:
More Takara Pink cultured diamonds underway: We
are pleased to announce that we've had a bit of a breakthrough on
the production side and expect our lab-grown pink Takaras to be
available again in late July. We have been sold out for
months now, but production is underway again and we hope to have a
larger volume and even a few other cuts besides rounds being
offered.
May 25th:
First EternaVista 'treated' pink natural diamond available for
sale...: We
received our first EternaVista treated pink back from the grading
lab today - it graded as Fancy Vivid Orangey Pink, which has been
a very sought after color in our Takara lab grown diamonds.
This EternaVista is now available for sale at $1689.50 (.53ct,
Si1, GIA cut grade = Very Good)...this pricing is nearly 40% less
than the equivalent pink lab grown Takaras of the same size and
color, so we are very pleased to have this treatment
available. Note that the treatment is technically an ion
induction process, that is done to the bottom half of the
diamond. The process is very stable, and no special care is
required in daily wear or use (clean it, wear it, etc. just like
any other diamond).
Details of this
first EternaVista are here,
and our new EternaVista
Pink Inventory page is here.
April. 4th:
New Harry Winstons with our largest yellows ever: We have added
two new Harry Winston reproduction rings (shown above) with two of
the largest yellows we have ever offered - 1.93ct Princess and
1.72ct emerald cut. These will be the last of our yellows,
however, as we have found the profit margin to meager to continue
to produce and offer yellows...both of these rings are stunning
rings, and due to their size centers, not for those who are
attention shy.
Details at our
ring index page here.
Harry Winston Reproduction with
1.20ct Takara yellow center. Details
here.
April. 4th:
New Harry Winston reproduction ring with 1.04ct Internally
Flawless Vivid Yellow Takara available:
Pure platinum and 18k yellow gold...details
click here
Dec. 8th:
Stunning new .53ct pink now in grading - available Dec. 15th:
We have a
very nice Fancy Vivid Pink (purplish pink) that will be available
for sale on Dec. 15th after it completes independent
grading. Details will be posted shortly!
*Fancy Vivid
Yellow Premiere Asscher (1.38ct) now available:
- our latest yellow is a 1.38ct Fancy Vivid Yellow Asscher -
details are posted here.
Nov. 18th:
Stunning new premiere Asscher completed (1.38ct): We
completed the first Asscher cut we have done in nearly two years,
and it is a beautiful 1.38ct in a crisp, lemon yellow color.
It will be sent in next week for independent grading, and we hope
to have it available for sale the first week of December.
You may wish to browse our Asscher inventory and look at
previously sold premiere photos here.
Example of a premiere Asscher cut
(this Takara has already been sold).
Oct. 12th:
Two new Princess cut yellow diamonds (lab grown):
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1.04ct
- Internally Flawless |
1.93ct
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We are pleased
two announce that we have two new beautiful princess cut yellow
diamonds (lab grown) available for sale. The first is an
internally flawless, Fancy Vivid Yellow princess cut weighing in
at 1.04ct (5.5mm x 5.5mm). The second is a VS2, Fancy Vivid
Yellow princess of enormous proportions - 1.93ct (6.5mm x
6.5mm). We believe this is the largest yellow lab diamond to
be offered for public sale to date (certainly the largest for
us). The above photos are just photos lifted off of the
grading report, so not the most flattering, but we will be sending
them for professional photos shortly. We are planning on
setting both of these into Harry Winston reproduction rings next
week if they aren't purchased as loose stones before then.
Additional
details on our yellow princess page here.
Sept. 28th:
Two new 3 stone rings in our Classic style setting are now
available:
We are no longer
sold out of rings, as we've just added two new Takara 3 stone
yellow (lab grown) and white diamond rings. Both use
platinum and 18k yellow gold to create the Classic ring itself,
and then are set with a matched pair of 2 x .32ct natural white
diamonds. The center stones are our 1.00ct fancy vivid
yellow Takara, or a 1.16ct fancy vivid orangy yellow Takara.
Details on both rings are at our ring
index page here.
Sept.
23rd: Two new *princess* cut yellow diamonds (lab grown
Takaras) will be available shortly:
We are pleased to
let you know that cutting has just been completed on two new
princess cut yellow Takaras - the first time we have had princess
cut yellow diamonds in nearly two years. Their finished
carat weights were 1.04ct and 1.93ct. The 1.93ct is the
largest Takara ever produced to date, and certainly one of the
largest lab grown diamonds ever to be offered for public
sale. We'll have more details after the independent grading
is complete!
August 8th - New
Timeless 3 stone ring available
Photo of our
latest ring offering - 1.44ctw diamond, 1 only
We are pleased to
show the first photo of our latest ring style - our Timeless 3
stone ring, featuring a lively .74ct Fancy Vivid Yellow Takara
diamond center, flanked by .70ctw white natural diamonds (2 x
.35ct). Set in platinum with 18k yellow gold prongs, this is
an amazing ring, and available for $3990 (1 only).
Details and
online shopping are here.
A
few photos of some of our stunning rings....
18k Halo Micropave set with our
last
remaining .53ct Fancy Vivid Blue Takara
Halo micropave ring, holding a
1.10ct Center Takara
Additional photos
and details on this stunning high-end ring can be found here.
We have also added two
new Harry Winston reproduction rings, one with an all natural
Fancy Yellow Cushion diamond, the other with a Takara Cultured
Emerald center.
Harry Winston Reproduction with
1.09ct Fancy Yellow
Natural
Diamond center.
Details
here.
Harry Winston Reproduction with
1.20ct Takara yellow center. Details
here.
