Archive for the ‘Famous diamonds’ Category
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03 Nov
How to ‘burn’ a big diamond
Not literally, you understand, that would be silly (although it’s a little known fact that diamonds do burn…).
No, this is about selling a diamond at auction, but perhaps (more…)
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22 Sep
Another star rock from Letšeng
Raise your hard hat to the industrious diggers at Gem Diamonds’ Letšeng diamond mine, high in the uplands of tiny landlocked Kingdom of Lesotho: they’ve unearthed another corker (more…)
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09 Sep
Elizabeth Taylor’s diamonds up for auction in December
It’s one of the world’s most dazzling private collections of diamonds and other gems, and it belonged to the late Elizabeth Taylor who died in March at the age of 79 (more…)
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10 Feb
Chopard unveils rare and mysterious 85 carat diamond
Chopard have unveiled an impressive 85 carat emerald cut diamond, but they’re being unusually coy about its provenance and exact characteristics (more…)
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01 Dec
Hope Diamond appears in its new setting
Last year we reported on the legendary Hope Diamond and a competition run by The Smithsonian in Washington D.C. (more…)
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17 Nov
Londoner pays world record price of £29 million for pink diamond
In Geneva yesterday Sotheby’s auctioned off a very rare 24.78 carat pink diamond and it went for a world record price (more…)
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26 May
Hestia tiara features in State Opening of Parliament
We don’t normally pay much attention to the State Opening of Parliament, but yesterday’s ceremonials were a bit special to us (more…)
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08 Apr
Rare blue ‘Millennium’ diamond sells for £4.2m
Yesterday’s Sotheby’s ‘Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite’ sale in Hong Kong featured an exceptional blue diamond (more…)
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02 Feb
Petra give their 507 carat diamond a name
Petra Diamonds Limited today announced that their 507 carat white diamond has been named The Cullinan Heritage (more…)
