When men and women really start looking into diamond grading, a common question is, “Why does the GIA color grade start with a D?”

The Fancy Color Diamond Book: Facts and Secrets of Trading in Rarities is a 231-page hardcover that combines the imagery of a coffee-table book with facts about colored diamonds. The Fancy Color Diamond Book explores the range of fancy colors and discusses grading, clarity, and the role of fluorescence in determining value.

All diamonds are rare and no two diamonds are alike. A diamond’s quality and rarity is determined by its unique combination of characteristics of Color, Cut, Clarity and Carat Weight.  The International Diamond Grading System™, used around the world since its invention by GIA in the 1950s, is based on the Four Cs.