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The world's most expensive diamonds The world's most expensive diamonds. To celebrate the launch of Sky Atlantic’s explosive new drama The Last Panthers, discover the stories behind the world's most valuable diamonds. Certified flawless: the 'perfect' Centenary diamond was discovered in 1986 Photo: Getty.
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The Mineral diamond Diamond is number 10 on the Mohs scale, and is 40 times harder than Corundum, which is number 9 on the Moh's scale. It also has the most dense atom ical configuration of any mineral, and is transparent over the greatest number of wavelengths.
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Diamond weighing 404 carats is one of the largest ever found Diamond weighing 404 carats is one of the largest ever found. A massive diamond among the largest ever discovered was recently unearthed in Angola, mining company Lucapa announced Monday. At 404.2 carats, it measures about 7 cm across -- about the length of a credit card, Lucapa said.
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Investing in jewellery can bring sparkling returns Granted, one of the lots at their next Geneva auction of ‘Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels’ is the ‘Blue Moon’, a ginormous 12.03-carat blue diamond, estimated at £23-£36 million. (Incidentally, if you do have millions to spend on jewellery, coloured diamonds are a good route to go down, says Rumfitt).
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25 Most Expensive Pieces Of Jewelry In The World This jewel is one of the priciest to ever be sold at an auction. It has a pear-shaped Goldconda diamond ring and was presented at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Autumn sale of 2011. With a selling price of $6.5 million, it is without a doubt one of the most expensive rings in the world.
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Fifth biggest diamond found in mountains of Lesotho, Africa It was found at the company’s Letseng mine, famous for the size and quality of the diamonds it produces and which has the highest average selling price in the world. While Gem hasn’t yet said how it will sell the stone, analysts estimate it could fetch between $40 million and $50 million.
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The $14,000 dress fit for a prom queen: Diamond gown billed as most expensive ever - but what teenager will be able to buy it? Dress Goddess, which believes the design is the most expensive prom dress ever made, compared it to Victoria's Secret's famous $2million diamond-encrusted bra, modelled by Adriana Lima last year. Company president Jon Liney said: 'We have been selling prom dresses since 1969.
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10 Most Precious Gemstones Identified as one of the unique gems in the world, a flawless blue diamond was honored in 2007 as the most expensive gemstone in the world. The 6.04-carat diamond was sold for $7.98 million at Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong. The flawless blue diamond fetched $1.32 million per carat. The blessed buyer is Moussaieff Jewelers based in London, who was glad to purchase this diamond from a private Asian collector, as it would be an addition to their rare collection of precious jewels.
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10 Most Precious Gemstones World's Most Expensive Gemstone Per Carat Sold at Auction. Identified as one of the unique gems in the world, a flawless blue diamond was honored in 2007 as the most expensive gemstone in the world. The 6.04-carat diamond was sold for $7.98 million at Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong. The flawless blue diamond fetched $1.32 million per carat.
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Top 10 Most Expensive Diamond Rings & Necklaces in the World Isaac Wolf won the auction and got the oval-shaped 59.60-carat “Pink Star” diamond for just $83.01 million. Cutting and polishing this magnificent diamond took two years to come as the most expensive jewelry piece in the world.
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The Most Expensive Gemstones in the World â With Infographic! Sapphires – $4,000-$6,000/carat. One of the best known gemstones on this list, the sapphire is also among the most expensive gemstones in the world. Some sapphire varieties like white sapphire, color-change sapphire and some fancy colors are selling for a few hundred dollars per carat at most.
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10 Most Precious Gemstones It is the 20th largest rough diamond ever found, and it came from a mine that has already delivered three of the world's largest diamonds: the 603-carat Lesotho Promise, the 493-carat Leteng Legacy and the 601-carat Lesotho Brown. A similar but smaller-sized rough stone has recently been valued at $12 million.
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Most Expensive Purses Ginza Tanaka’s purse – $1.9 million. The most expensive purse in the world is a unique bag created by Japanese jewelry house Ginza Tanaka. It shouldn’t surprise you that the expensive purse is covered in diamonds, over 2,000 diamonds totaling 208 carats. The bag’s other features make it truly special.
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- The Mountain of Light or Koh-i-Noor (Persian) is a diamond that was mined at Kollur Mine, in the present state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It was originally 793 carats when uncut.Once the largest known diamond, it is now a 105.6 metric carat diamond, weighing 21.6 grammes in its most recent cut state. In 1852, Albert the Prince Consort ordered it cut down from 186 carats.The diamond was originally owned by the Kakatiya dynasty, which had installed it in a temple of a Hindu goddess as her eye.t was originally 793 carats when uncut. Once the largest known diamond, it is now a 105.6 metric carat diamond, weighing 21.6 grammes in its most recent cut state. In 1852, Albert the Prince Consort ordered it cut down from 186 carats.
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Most Expensive Ring The Chopard Blue Diamond Ring is the ring that makes any other diamond ring look bad. Set with an enormous, oval-shaped blue diamond, the expensive ring also has diamond shoulders and an 18k white gold band paved with diamonds. Blue diamond is among the most expensive diamonds in the world. It is found among boron deposits, from whence it derives its shade. This particular gem weighs in at nine carats. The world’s most expensive ring is valued at $16.26 million, enough to put a dent in the wallets of even the wealthiest individuals.
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The most expensive gemstones in the world DIAMOND. $15,000/carat. While diamonds are quite common compared to most of the gemstones listed here, they are still one of the most expensive. The reason, of course, is the enormous popularity of diamonds.
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- Diamonds that are naturally blue are among the rarest of diamonds. Recently the 5.16 carat Sky Blue Diamond sold in Hong Kong for US$6,400,000, or $1,240,310 per carat. This … stone known as the De Beers Millennium Jewel 11, represents the creme de la creme of blue diamonds.According to its GIA certificate, it is a ...natural, Fancy Vivid Blue colour, Internally Flawless clarity.. ..a triangular 10.95 carat Fancy Vivid blue diamond, (the largest such blue diamond of this cut ever offered at auction), sold for $15.7 million or $1.4 million per carat. (From The Telegraph, London.).
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The world's most expensive diamonds The Pink Panthers gang have been responsible for stealing an incredible 240m worth of diamonds. Here we look at some of the most expensive jewels in the world, and the dramatic stories attached to them. Great Star of Africa. At 530.4 carats, the Great Star of Africa is the largest polished white diamond in the world – and was cut from the 3,106 carat Cullinan, the largest diamond crystal ever found.
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Top 10 Largest Diamonds in the World Incomparable Diamond is another African diamond, one of the largest diamonds ever found in the world (890 carats (180 g)). A young girl encountered it in 1984 a pile of rubble collected from old mine dumps of the nearby MIBA Diamond Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Top 10 Rarest Gems 2. Red Diamonds USD $2-2.5 Million/Carat. Only a very few red diamonds are ever found, and few people have only seen even one treated red diamond. The gem is described as a purplish red, so it is not a pure red, crimson, vermilion, or scarlet. Nevertheless for its size it is one of the most expensive diamonds ever.
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- In this article, we will take a look at some of the most extravagant wedding dresses from around the globe. One of the most expensive wedding dresses in the world is made from 150 carats of diamonds at a staggering price of twelve million dollars. The dress was not made for any specific bride and instead, was crafted for a bridal show in 2006 by Renee Strauss with the jewels provided by Martin Katz.
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Most Expensive Diamond Winning Bid: $23.4 million. If diamonds are a girl's best friend, the Wittelsbach would make one heck of a BFF. The 35.56-carat blue diamond dates back to the 17th century, when King Philip IV of Spain selected the jewel to be part of his daughter's dowry.
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- Crystals or glass are probably the least expensive material that attempts to appear diamond-like. An appropriate noun might be paste.
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The 7 Most Expensive Diamonds in the World The Heart of Eternity is the measure of diamonds 27. 64 carats or 5. 528 g. The Heart of Eternity cut by the Steinmetz Group, with a diamond before selling to the De Beers Group. It was found in the Premier Diamond Mine in South Africa. The price of this diamond is about $ 16 million.