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Rare Sky Blue Diamond Exceeds Auction Expectations
Thursday, Apr 8 2010 9:12AM Worldwide news about diamonds and diamond jewelry,
Rare Sky Blue Diamond Exceeds Auction Expectations Hong Kong -- The much-anticipated Sotheby’s sale including a piece from the legendary DeBeers Millennium Collection took place on Wednesday and surpassed all estimates The sky blue pear-shaped diamond was a part of the Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale and was expected to bring in between $46 and $58 million It sold for a tremendous $64 million to London-based gem merchant Alisa Moussaieff who found the price completely reasonable
The original DeBeers Millennium Collection comprised of 12 pieces and took decades to put together The jewels are considered to be some of the most valuable of their kind in the world Blue diamonds are among the rarest gems in the world and are created when the diamond forms in the presence of the chemical element boron The Collection was so coveted that in 2000 while on display at London’s Dome (now the O2 Arena) an attempt was made to steal them despite all security measures The London Metropolitan Police were ab
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Rare Blue Diamond To Be Added To Smithsonian
Sunday, Jan 3 2010 11:53AM Worldwide news about diamonds and diamond jewelry,
Rare Blue Diamond To Be Added To Smithsonian Starting this month two of the world’s most celebrated blue diamonds will be on display together at the Smithsonian
The 3106 carat Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond will join the 4552 carat Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History starting on January 29 the museum announced this past Monday
This will be the first time in over half a century that the Wittelsbach Diamond has been on public display It will remain on display at the museum until August 1 2010
Both diamonds were discovered in the 17th century and they may share a collective history Scientists are planning tests to determine if the gems came from the same mine – specifically the mine in India where the Hope Diamond is known to have come from
The Wittelsbach Diamond was first reported in the 1660s when Philip IV of Spain gave it to his daughter - who was to marry Emperor Leopold I of Austria
In 1722 it became the property of the Wittelsbachs - the ruling family of Bavaria After World Wa
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Tuesday, Dec 15 2009 10:39AM Diamond news agency,
SBG DNEA Creates Largest Lab-Grown Blue Diamonds Battle Creek Michigan – DNEA is a well-known producer of eco-friendly and completely conflict-free gemstone and diamond jewelry Their diamonds are all lab-grown using the same intense heat and pressure that turns carbon into diamonds but the process takes far less time has little ecological impact and the results are far less expensive Because the diamonds are synthesized in a controlled environment there are none of the imperfections that natural diamonds can hold The clarity of a lab-created diamond is always perfect It has proven relatively easy to grow a colorless diamond but giving them color has been more difficult Previously colored diamonds—blue in particular—were quite small Now DNEA has developed a process that has allowed them to create the world’s largest lab-grown blue diamonds
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Blue Diamonds
Tuesday, Feb 17 2009 11:05PM Diamond and Jewelry Guide,
Blue Diamonds Blue Diamonds Executive Summary about Blue Diamonds By Todd Koenig Diamonds with a perfect blue color are a very rare commodity Indian blue diamonds have a special place among all these diamonds In India there are many antique diamonds and also plenty of diamond shops who offer the diamonds with guaranteed purity and at competitive []
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