By no means though are all diamonds white or yellow. Diamonds come in almost every color of the rainbow and then some. From black diamonds, which are considered mourning gems in certain areas of Eastern Europe, to the uber-rare and extremely expensive red diamonds. The most popular colors in colored diamonds are yellow and pink. [...]
After the world’s most expensive blue diamond, The Wittelsbach, was sold to diamond dealer – Laurence Graff – last year for $24.3 million, Sotheby’s has another impressive blue diamond for the next auction. Despite the economic woe, apparently sales for big, rare stones are still going strong. The new diamond is a fancy vivid blue [...]
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Did you know? Diamond is the hardest substance found in nature, everyone knows that. Diamond is 4 times harder than the next hardest natural mineral, corundum more specifically sapphire and ruby. If a diamond receives a sharp blow in one of it’s forth cleavage directions it will split. A skilled diamond setter should prevent exposing [...]
Made by Mikimoto, this 18-inch pearl strand, took 10 years to gather the 27 perfectly round cultured pearls. The pearls are White South Sea AAA quality and are extremely rare. No wonder it took so long! The expensive strand also has a noval clasp with 11,92 carats of diamonds, but its beauty realy lies in [...]
The Lesotho Promise is the wonderful creation of Graff, a necklace that truly takes the breath away. The awesome 603 carat stone was found in the Letsenf mine, in Lesotho, the 15th largest diamond found. Graff payed quite a sum for it, the diamond ads up to $12.36 million. After thorough analysis, the diamond was [...]
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