Summary for yellow diamonds in earrings Discussion
Yellow diamonds in earrings is the concern here: Patricia Reed says her long-worn diamond studs were left in jewelry cleaner for a week, after which the cleaner looked moldy, the gold in her platinum-and-gold wedding band was corroded, and the diamonds themselves appeared yellow even after repeated rinsing and cleaning. She says a jeweler, hearing only part of the story from her husband, identified them as yellow diamonds and returned them cleaned, which left her heartsick because the earrings have great personal meaning. The thread excerpt provided contains only Patricia’s question and does not include a technical answer or diagnosis, so no definitive cause or remedy is stated in the source. The practical issue raised is whether the color change is permanent, contamination-related, or an optical effect from residue or damage, but the excerpt does not resolve it.
Q. I have been wearing the same pair of diamond studs almost continuously for 35 years. I recently put them in a bath of jewelry cleaner with other jewelry and subsequently forgot them for a week, By this time it looked as tho’ mold was growing in the jewelry clean. The gold of my platinum and gold wedding pan was actually corroded. My diamonds after several attempts to clean them or rinse them are now a yellow color. They sparkle but are yellow and not even the same color. My husband alone went to his jeweler and failed to relay the saga of how the diamonds had changed color. HE TELLS MY HUSBAND THEY ARE YELLOW DIAMONDS, CLEANS THEM AND SENDS THEM BACK. There is a long story why they mean so much to me and I never take them off rarely but to clean them. I am heartsick. Can anything be done?
Patricia Reed
– Palm Harbor, Florida
September 8, 2015