So here is the 10 most expensive diamonds in the world that i gonna own one day.
10. The Allnatt Diamond : $ 3 Millions.
9. The Moussaieff Red Diamond : $ 7 Millions
Moussaieff Red is reported to have been discovered by a Brazilian farmer in Abaetezinho river in 1990, in an area known as Alto Paranaiba who had a reputation as a great source of beautiful and colorful diamond.Roughly, it was believed to be 13. 9 carats (2. 78 g).
Diamond was purchased and cut by the William Goldberg Diamond Corp.and named the Red Shield. It is currently owned by Moussaieff Jewelers Ltd. Rated in color as Fancy Red by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). Moussaieff Red Diamond is a diamond the size of 5. 11 carat (1. 022 g) by cutting a triangular brilliant (sometimes called trilliant trillion or cut), given a color as Fancy Red by the Gemological Institute of America. Although this may seem relatively small when compared to other famous diamonds, the Moussaieff Red is, in fact, the largest Fancy Red the GIA reports having value.
8. The Heart of Eternity : $16 Millions
The Heart of Eternity is a diamond measuring 27.64 carats (5.528 g). The color assessed as “Fancy Vivid Blue” by the Gemological Institute of America. The Heart of Eternity was cut by the Steinmetz Group, who has a diamond before selling to the De Beers Group.
The Heart of Eternity is a member of very rare colored diamonds. Found in the Premier Diamond Mine in South Africa. Blue (Type IIb) diamonds is less than 0.1% of the output from the Premier mine, which is the only mine in the world produce this blue diamond. From the ten colored diamonds that attract the highest bids, six out of ten were blue diamond, rating values as high as $ 550,000 to $ 580,000 per carat ($ 2750-2900 / mg).
7. Wittelsbach Diamond : $ 16.4 Millions
Wittelsbach Diamond is also known as Der Blaue Wittelsbacher is 35.56 carat (7.11 g) blue diamond with VS 2 clarity. It has been appreciated by European aristocracy for centuries. It has become part of both Austria and Bavaria, the Crown jewels.
Color and clarity have been compared with the Hope Diamond. Diamond size 24.40 mm in diameter and 8.29 mm in depth. Facet 82 has been arranged in an atypical pattern. Stars in terms of crown divided vertically and the pavilion has sixteen needle-like facets, arranged in pairs, pointing outward from the culet terms.
6. The Steinmetz Pink : $ 25 Millions
The Steinmetz Pink is the diamond weighing 59.60 carat (11.92 grams), the color defined as Fancy Vivid Pink by the Gemological Institute of America. The Steinmetz Pink is the largest known diamond has been given Vivid Pink. As a result of the scarcity of this extraordinary diamonds, the Steinmetz Group took careful 20 months to cut the Pink. It was introduced in Monaco on May 29, 2003, in a public ceremony.
5. De Beers Centenary Diamond: $ 100 Millions
De Beers Centenary Diamond has 273. 85 carat (54. 77 g) weight. It’s the third largest diamond has been produced in the Premier Mine. The Centenary Diamond is rated as a level D color by Gemological Institute of America, which is the highest grade diamond is colorless and internally and externally flawless. Centenary Diamond was named as shown in the rough for Centennial.The Centenary Diamond was introduced formally in May 1991.
4. The Hope Diamond : $350 Millions
Hope Diamond is a large, 45.52 carat (9.10 g), housed in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington. Hope Diamond exhibits DC-blue to the naked eye due to a trace amount of boron in the crystal structure, but exhibits a red phosphor under ultraviolet light. It is classified as Type IIb diamonds, and is famous for being a curse.
3. The Cullinan : $ 400 Millions
The Cullinan diamond is the largest rough gem quality diamond ever found, at 3,106.75 carat (621.35 g). Largest polished stone named Cullinan I or the First Star of Africa, and the 530.2 carats (106.0 g) is the largest diamond in the world until the year 1985 the discovery of the Golden Jubilee Diamond, 545.67 carat (109.13 g), also from the Premier Mine. Cullinan I is now mounted on the head with a stick Cross. The second largest gem from the Cullinan stone, Cullinan II or the Little Star of Africa, at 317.4 carats (63.5 g), is the fourth largest diamond in the world. The second jewel in the Crown Jewels of the British Empire.
2. The Sancy Diamond : Unestimated
Shield shaped stone consists of two back-to-back crowns (the typical upper stone) but does not have any resemblance to a pavilion (the bottom of the stone, under the belt or the middle of the body).
1. Kohinoor : Unestimated
Are You interested on buying one of those most expensive diamonds? I can’t imagine spending money lot of money just for those diamonds.
September 20, 2010 at 10:26 AM
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