Diamond is a solid form of pure carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal. Solid carbon comes in different forms known as allotropes depending on the type of chemical bond.
The Hope Diamond is a 45.52 carat blue diamond. The largest blue diamond ever discovered to date. Hope is the name of the family who owned it from 1824. It is a diamond recut from the “Bleu de France“. The crown stolen in 1792. It was mined in India. The Hope Diamond has the reputation […]
Unique Pink The world’s largest Fancy Vivid pink pear shaped diamond ever offered at auction at Sotheby’s in Geneva, the Unique Pink which sold for $31.6 million. All gemstones and coloured diamonds have to be seen with the naked eye to gauge their colour, as the first visual impression is important. Taking the colour description […]
Blue diamond new world record A blue diamond set a record price for any jewel in auction when it went under the hammer for $58 million in a Christie’s sale in Geneva. The Oppenheimer Blue, at 14.62 carats, was estimated to be worth as much as $46 million. The stone now belongs to a private […]
Giant Diamond A Perth-based company has struck paydirt in Southern Africa, finding a Giant Diamond worth more than USD $14 million. Lucapa Diamond Company found the massive 404 carat Giant Diamond at its Lulo Diamond Project in Angola’s Lunda Norte province, in the country’s north-east. It is the biggest diamond ever found in Angola. Lucapa […]
Biggest Diamond in More Than a Century Unearthed A 1,111 carat gem-quality diamond, second in size only to the Cullinan diamond cut into the British Crown jewels, has been unearthed by Lucara Diamond Corp. in Botswana. The Type-IIa stone, just smaller than a tennis ball, is the biggest diamond discovery for more than 100 years, […]