Why We Love Salt & Pepper Diamonds
APRIL 4, 2025
Embrace the extraordinary. There's so many reasons to love grey diamonds, also cleverly known as salt and pepper diamonds. Salt and pepper diamonds come in so many beautiful and varying shades that only nature could have made them. They're truly the perfect choice for an unconventional and modern look.
Nearly all diamonds have inclusions as that's just the nature of forming in our Earth, the stark inclusions that are visible to the naked eye found in grey diamonds remind us of glittering galaxies. The cosmic appeal of salt and pepper diamonds makes them just a little *cooler* than your typical white diamond look. There's also the attractive price point that comes with a grey diamond, as they are less expensive than their white diamond counterparts. This leaves you with more wiggle room in your budget for custom design work or a larger carat size. Our gemologists source our salt and pepper diamonds carefully. For instance, selecting a stone with inclusions to close to the surface can negatively affect the quality and durability of the stone. The mesmerizing inclusions in salt and pepper diamonds tell the story of the Earth's alchemy, and we only seek to honor this through our diamond sourcing.
You aren't like everybody else, and your engagement ring shouldn't be either. With grey diamonds, you'll find a future heirloom that reflects your unique love story and unconventional spirit.
Grey Diamond Gallery
Check out some of our salt and pepper engagement rings below. Or get in touch to create your own.
What Is the Diffrence Between a Fancy Grey Diamond and a Salt and Pepper Diamond?
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) grades fancy grey diamonds which have formed a uniform grey color due to hydrogen or boron exposure when the diamond was forming. This differs from salt and pepper diamonds, which get their look and color from a speckled array of black and white inclusions.
How Are Grey and Salt and Pepper Diamonds Formed?
We know that diamonds are only made of one thing: carbon! However, when other elements are introduced during the formation of the stone, that is when we begin to see a change in diamond color. Most diamonds as we know them (natural white diamonds) have a little bit of yellow or brown in them due to the presence of nitrogen. So what causes a grey colored diamond? That would be due to hydrogen or boron being present in the diamond's crystal structure during formation. Now, how do we get the mesmerizing inclusions that give salt and pepper diamonds their sprinkled cosmic look? These black and white inclusions are nearly inevitable, (only a very small percentage of diamonds are graded flawless, meaning they have no inclusions!), but what makes salt and pepper inclusions different are that they contain mineral inclusions due to graphite, pyrite, hematite, magnetite, sulfides or other minerals being trapped in the crystal structure.
Why We Love Salt & Pepper Diamonds
APRIL 4, 2025
Embrace the extraordinary. There's so many reasons to love grey diamonds, also cleverly known as salt and pepper diamonds. Salt and pepper diamonds come in so many beautiful and varying shades that only nature could have made them. They're truly the perfect choice for an unconventional and modern look.
What Is the Diffrence Between a Fancy Grey Diamond and a Salt and Pepper Diamond?
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) grades fancy grey diamonds which have formed a uniform grey color due to hydrogen or boron exposure when the diamond was forming. This differs from salt and pepper diamonds, which get their look and color from a speckled array of black and white inclusions.
How Are Grey and Salt and Pepper Diamonds Formed?
We know that diamonds are only made of one thing: carbon! However, when other elements are introduced during the formation of the stone, that is when we begin to see a change in diamond color. Most diamonds as we know them (natural white diamonds) have a little bit of yellow or brown in them due to the presence of nitrogen. So what causes a grey colored diamond? That would be due to hydrogen or boron being present in the diamond's crystal structure during formation. Now, how do we get the mesmerizing inclusions that give salt and pepper diamonds their sprinkled cosmic look? These black and white inclusions are nearly inevitable, (only a very small percentage of diamonds are graded flawless, meaning they have no inclusions!), but what makes salt and pepper inclusions different are that they contain mineral inclusions due to graphite, pyrite, hematite, magnetite, sulfides or other minerals being trapped in the crystal structure.
Nearly all diamonds have inclusions as that's just the nature of forming in our Earth, the stark inclusions that are visible to the naked eye found in grey diamonds remind us of glittering galaxies. The cosmic appeal of salt and pepper diamonds makes them just a little *cooler* than your typical white diamond look. There's also the attractive price point that comes with a grey diamond, as they are less expensive than their white diamond counterparts. This leaves you with more wiggle room in your budget for custom design work or a larger carat size. Our gemologists source our salt and pepper diamonds carefully. For instance, selecting a stone with inclusions to close to the surface can negatively affect the quality and durability of the stone. The mesmerizing inclusions in salt and pepper diamonds tell the story of the Earth's alchemy, and we only seek to honor this through our diamond sourcing.
You aren't like everybody else, and your engagement ring shouldn't be either. With grey diamonds, you'll find a future heirloom that reflects your unique love story and unconventional spirit.
Grey Diamond Gallery
Check out some of our salt and pepper engagement rings below. Or get in touch to create your own.