Men's Black Diamond Earrings

Buyer's guide

How to choose men's black diamond earrings

The stone, styles, carat, metal, one or two, backs, grams and buying, from the live listings here and the past year's sales

Twenty-nine men's black diamond earrings are live here, and about half of them are studs. Three are sold as one earring and four are marked Cluster; one each is a four-row build, a skull, a yin and yang and a princess cut. Twenty-seven are 14K, one is marked platinum and one is 18K by its title, and every listing offers yellow, rose or white gold. Sixteen state a carat, seven a size, and all 29 print their grams.

This guide takes the questions a man asks before paying for a dark stud: whether a black diamond is real, why it does not sparkle, and natural or treated. It also covers one earring or two, what AAA means, black gold when no color menu offers it, and how a black stone reads for size. The page sold few pieces online in the year, so what sold is counted, not shared. Every count below is from the 29 listings live here on September 25, 2026 and what this page sold in the year to that day; prices are on the listings.

The stone: what a black diamond is, real, opaque, natural or treated

A black diamond is a real diamond. The black comes from dense dark inclusions or from a treatment. A white diamond throws light back out through the top. A black diamond is opaque, so light stops at the surface and what shows is the polish on the facets. Across a room that reads as a hard shine like gunmetal, with a flash where an edge catches light.

Natural or treated: settle it before you pay. Most black diamonds are natural stones darkened by heat or irradiation, or heavily included stones sold as black; an untreated natural black is rarer and dearer. Of the 29 listings here, two say natural in the description and none says treated; 27 say nothing about origin. Which kind your pair carries, ask the desk. Six descriptions say AAA, a dealer's tier, not a laboratory grade.

Styles: black diamond studs, single studs, four-row and cluster, halo, skull

About half this page is studs: 13 of the 29 are marked Studs and five titles say stud, two of them unmarked, 15 by either. Fourteen titles name no style, so the picture tells the shape; Royal, on nine titles, is a series name. Three are sold as one earring by title, two Royal singles and a skull head. Four are marked Cluster, one with cluster in its title; one is a four-row build. One each by title: a yin and yang, a princess cut, a round cut in black and white, and a bundle of studs. Halo is in two descriptions. In the year this page sold 18 pieces online: seven with no style word, three cluster, two yin and yang, two Royal single, two skull single, one stud and one four-row. No listing moved more than three. There is no style filter; the table below sorts by style. Studs across every stone: men's stud earrings.

Carat and size: black diamond stud carats and millimetres, pair or one ear

The carat is in the description or nowhere; no title carries one. Sixteen of the 29 state one there, a median 1.96 carats as the listings state it; 13 state none. By band: 3 under 1 carat, 5 at 1 to 1.99, 4 at 2 to 3.99, 4 at 4 and up. Only one listing says whether its figure is one ear or both; read the rest as the total for what the listing sells. Of the eighteen pieces sold from this page in the year, seven stated no carat, six were 1 to 1.99 ct, four under 1 ct, one 2 to 3.99 ct, none higher.

Size is on the listing or nowhere. Seven of the 29 state one: 4 list a width, at 4, 6, 7 and 10 mm; 2 have a size menu; 1 gives about 6 mm a stone in its description. The other 22 state none, so there is no size median. The round-stud ladder from carat to mm is on the men's earrings guide; where a listing states neither, ask the desk for the width.

Metal: 14K black diamond earrings in yellow, white or rose gold, and black gold

14K, and yellow. All but two of the 29 are 14K. The 18K one says so in its title and is missing from the Metal Purity filter; the platinum-marked one is a ladies-titled pair whose color menu offers gold: ask the desk. All 29 come in yellow, rose or white, and the Metal Color filter narrows by color. Of what this page sold in the year, fifteen were 14K and three the platinum-marked pair; eleven went yellow, seven white and none rose.

Black gold: nine listings name it, one in its title, and no color menu here offers black. There is no black gold alloy at karat. It is gold under a coat of black rhodium or ruthenium that wears off in time; putting it back is bench work, and the charge is the desk's. A listing that names black gold may only be pictured in it, since its menu sells yellow, white or rose: ask the desk whether black is offered. What the white gold here is finished with, and its alloy for a sensitive ear: also the desk.

One or two: a single black diamond stud earring for men

Either. Three of the 29 titles say single, two Royal singles and the skull, and four of the eighteen pieces sold in the year were singles. The other 26 say neither; four descriptions say pair. A dark stud reads as texture, not flash, so one ear looks finished; the page's own description puts it that way. On a single, the printed grams and carat are for one earring: the three singles weigh 0.70, 1.19 and 1.80 grams as listed, against a 2.95 g median for the other 26. One earring of a pair, or a match for a single: the desk's call.

Backs and grams: the back on a black diamond stud, and what one weighs as listed

The back is not on this page: none of the 29 listings names a screw back, a push back, a butterfly or a clip. The back a piece carries, and changing it, is a desk question; which back suits a man is on the men's earrings guide.

The grams are on every listing. The middle listing weighs 2.60 grams as listed; the lightest is 0.70, a single, the heaviest 5.40. By karat, the 27 in 14K run a median 2.60 g, the 18K listing 4.30 g, the platinum-listed pair 1.20 g. Each figure covers what the listing sells. A black diamond does not scratch in wear, but a heavily included stone can chip at a point or an edge, so a round stone in prongs is the usual build. Here round is on 18 descriptions and prong on nine, with one princess cut by title. Ultrasonic cleaning, and a chipped stone: the desk rules.

Buying: black diamond earrings in stock or made to order, returns, the desk

Every listing shows buyable, none sold out; in the case today or made once you order, and the wait, the desk says. Trax answers for this page at the 47th Street counter: open the live chat, send a text or phone 212-872-9692; if anything about a piece is not right, ask for the manager.

The refund policy allows a return inside fourteen calendar days of confirmed delivery, less the five percent restocking fee: the piece, bought as listed, comes back unaltered, unworn and as new. The desk approves a return before it ships; the store's insured label carries it back, at the buyer's cost. Made or altered to order, it does not come back. By the shipping policy, a piece in the case is insured and usually on its way inside two to five business days; a made piece takes the wait the desk quotes. The checkout splits payment too: Shop Pay installments, Affirm, Afterpay and Acima.

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By style: the 29 listings live here on September 25, 2026 by title word, with count, karat, grams as listed, carat and size stated, and where to shop; sales are in the note

Style, by title	Live listings, of 29	Karat as listed	Grams as listed, median (weighed; range)	Carat and size stated, of the row	Where to look
Earrings with no style word	14	14K 13, platinum 1	2.65 g (14; 0.90 to 5.40)	carat 8 of 14; size 4 of 14	This page
Prong-set, no shape word	4	14K 3, 18K 1	4.15 g (4; 1.00 to 5.40)	carat 2 of 4; size 1 of 4	This page; men's stud earrings
Studs	2 by title; 13 marked Studs	14K 2	2.80 g (2; 2.30 to 3.30)	carat 1 of 2; size 0 of 2	This page; men's stud earrings
Single, Royal	2 by title; 3 titles say single	14K 2	0.70 and 1.19 g for the one earring (2)	carat 1 of 2; size 1 of 2	This page; men's single earrings
Cluster	1 by title; 4 marked Cluster	14K 1	1.10 g (1)	carat 1 of 1; size 0 of 1	This page; men's cluster earrings
Four-row cluster	1	14K 1	2.60 g (1)	carat 1 of 1; size 0 of 1	This page
Skull, a single	1	14K 1	1.80 g for the one earring (1)	carat 0 of 1; size 0 of 1	This page
Yin and yang	1	14K 1	4.20 g (1)	carat 0 of 1; size 0 of 1	This page
Round cut black and white, princess cut, bundle studs	3, one each	14K 3	3.20, 1.70 and 4.30 g (3)	carat 2 of 3; size 1 of 3	This page
The whole page	29; 15 studs by mark or title, 3 single by title, 24 marked for women too	14K 27, platinum 1, 18K 1	2.60 g (29; 0.70 to 5.40)	carat 16 of 29, median 1.96 ct; size 7 of 29	This page; men's earrings, the whole family; men's gold and diamond earrings

Style takes one word from each title over the 29 listings live on September 25, 2026, the rarer word first, so the skull single counts as skull and the four-row cluster as four-row. The store's own marks sit beside a count where they differ. Karat is the metal the listing states, or the title's where the listing leaves it blank. Grams are the median as listed for what the listing sells, the pair or the one earring, with the count weighed and the range in parentheses. The carat cell counts the row's listings whose description states a carat, and the size cell those stating a size in mm anywhere on the listing. In the year to that day, this page sold eighteen pieces by online order: seven plain-titled, three cluster, two skull singles, two yin and yang, two Royal singles, one stud and one four-row. That count cannot see counter sales.

Questions we get at the counter

Are black diamonds real diamonds?

Yes. A black diamond is the same carbon crystal as a white one, darkened by graphite and other minerals packed inside it or by a treatment. It is opaque, so no light comes back up through it; what you see is polished facets, not fire. All 29 listings live here on September 25, 2026 are marked Black Diamond and 25 say diamond in the title; none says its stones are certified, so for a report, ask the desk.

Are these black diamonds natural or treated?

Ask the desk; the listings do not settle it. Of the 29 live here on September 25, 2026, two descriptions say natural, none says treated, and 27 say nothing, so read the description first. Heat or irradiation darkens most black diamonds sold in jewelry; an untreated one is rarer. Before paying, text the desk the listing's name and ask which kind it carries.

Do men wear one black diamond stud or two?

Either. Three of the 29 listings live on September 25, 2026 are sold as one by title, and four of the eighteen pieces this page sold in the year were singles, two Royal and two skull. A single is one earring on one post; the grams and carat printed on it are for that earring alone. The store's singles across every stone sit on men's single earrings.

What does AAA mean on a black diamond earring?

AAA is a dealer's quality tier, not a laboratory grade: even color, good polish, no chips, on the seller's own scale. Six of the 29 listings live here on September 25, 2026 say AAA in their description. The color letters and clarity grades used for white diamonds describe what a grader sees inside a clear stone; a black diamond is opaque, so they do not apply the same way. What AAA means at this counter, and whether any pair here carries a report, ask the desk.

What is black gold, and can I order these earrings in it?

Black gold is gold with a black surface, not a black alloy; there is no black gold at karat, and what the black coat is and who renews it is in the Metal section above. Nine of the 29 listings live here on September 25, 2026 name black gold, yet every color menu here offers yellow, rose or white and none offers black. Before ordering one pictured in black, ask the desk whether that finish is on offer.

Yellow, white or rose gold for a black diamond stud?

Yellow, if you want what this page's buyers chose. Of the eighteen pieces it sold online in the year to September 25, 2026, eleven were yellow gold and seven white, none rose: about three yellow for every two white. Store-wide earrings ran the same way: yellow, then white, then rose. All 29 offer all three; pick on the listing or by the Metal Color filter. The descriptions name black gold and white gold most often, eight each; which finish a white or rose pair carries, ask the desk.

Does a black diamond look bigger or smaller than a white one?

It can read a touch smaller at the same carat. A white diamond throws light out through its top, and the flash reads past its edge; a black diamond is opaque, so it reads as its outline, and the width in mm is what shows. Shop by width where a listing states one: 7 of the 29 live here on September 25, 2026 do. The round-stud ladder on the men's earrings guide holds for a black stone; if the listing is silent, ask the desk.

How much do men's black diamond earrings cost?

Each listing prints its own price, and four things move it. The carat: 16 of the 29 listings live on September 25, 2026 state one in the description, at a median 1.96 carats. Natural or treated: only two listings say. The karat and the grams: 27 of the 29 are 14K, at a median 2.60 grams as listed. One earring or two: three are sold as one. Read those four on the listing and tap Make Offer; the desk answers the rest.

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