12 Carat Fancy Yellow & H VS2 Radiant Cut Diamond Earrings
This GIA-certified pair consists of two Radiant cut natural diamonds totaling 12.07 carats: one graded Fancy Yellow VS2 and one graded H VS2 (Rosenberg ref. 700779). Complementary two-color diamond earring pairs of this combined carat weight are rarely encountered — sourcing two stones of matching cut proportions and comparable clarity at six-plus carats each requires access to inventory that represents a small fraction of annual GIA submissions.
GIA Color Grading: Two Scales, One Pair
GIA evaluates natural yellow diamonds on a separate fancy color scale — Faint, Light, Fancy Light, Fancy, Fancy Intense, and Fancy Vivid — distinct from the D-to-Z scale applied to white diamonds. Fancy Yellow indicates consistent, face-up yellow saturation derived from body color, without reliance on fluorescence. The companion stone, graded H on the D-to-Z scale, falls in the near-colorless range: face-up, the stone appears white without magnification. Both diamonds share VS2 clarity, placing inclusions outside the range of unaided-eye detection at any carat weight above five carats.
Radiant Cut Across Two Color Categories
The Radiant cut applies a modified brilliant facet pattern to a rectangular or square outline. For the Fancy Yellow stone, this facet structure intensifies color saturation face-up — the primary driver of value in fancy color diamonds — while generating the brilliance of a round brilliant rather than the subdued return of step cuts. For the H-color stone, the same facet architecture maximizes light return and scintillation, which minimizes the visibility of residual body color and enhances perceived whiteness.
18-Karat White and Yellow Gold Setting
Each stone is set in the metal that optimizes its visual performance: the H VS2 Radiant mounts in 18-karat white gold, whose neutral tone reinforces the stone’s colorlessness, while the Fancy Yellow Radiant mounts in 18-karat yellow gold, which reflects warm light into the pavilion and amplifies perceived color saturation. The 18-karat alloy provides the structural rigidity required to secure stones of this weight in an earring mount subjected to daily mechanical stress.
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Care
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