Pink diamonds have become the most popular color among other diamonds colored diamonds. Also known as a type of diamond is very rare in nature, so worth the price if given the highest among all kinds of fancy diamonds. Pink diamonds come from crystal structures that have been distorted due to high pressure, resulting in a unique crystal structure that absorbs green light and blue, make pink.
Pink diamond was also chosen by many people, especially women as the color of the most beautiful diamond, so scarce that usually found only in small sizes. Found in several places in the world, but the largest source in northwestern Australia, which is known as the Argyle mine. So, I try to share a story with you about the pink diamond 15 biggest, most expensive, most famous and most beautiful of all the pink diamonds in the world.
Darya e Noor, one of the largest pink diamond in the world, securely stored in the Museum of the Treasury of National Iranian Jewels. weighs 186 carats, also known as the Sea of Light, the River of Light, or the Ocean of Light. Been in India as part of the crown jewels until 1739, before the Persians (Iran) took him back to their country.
Noor-ul-Ain or "light eyes" is a pink diamond, the oval cut weighing approximately 60 carats. This name may be given by Nader Shah and his men, after the arrest and sacking Delhi and Agra in 1739 and believed to have originated from the Golconda mines in India. The name of this diamond previously diketahui.The Noor-ul-Ain is mounted on the diamond tiara / crown made for Queen Farah Pahlavi of Iran on his marriage to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1958.
The Steinmetz Pink emerged as the best pink diamonds ever ditemukan.berasal from South Africa. Weighs 59.60 carats and has a value of Internally Flawless very rare. take approximately 20 months to cut and shape diamonds with eight people from its original form weighing 100-carat diamond. Facet facet formed into a unique mixture of cut and specific.
The Shah Jahan is a pink diamond that has a cut or a table is also known as taviz cut, weighing 56.71 carats, and was referred to Great Table Diamond shape developed / created by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in Golconda in 1642. The Shah Jahan Table Cut is very similar to the octagonal jewel in the turban who is the portrait of Shah Jahan, and in accordance with the description by Aurangzeb, the son of Shah Jahan, in 1665. The Shah Jahan had offered at auction by Christies in Geneva in 1985, but not so sold.
The Agra auctioned in Christie's auction in London on June 20, 1990, by the heirs of Louis Winans in 1927. Had been buried during World War II in the garden so safe until the war Agra berakhir.The assessed by Gemological Institute of America as a natural colored diamonds Fancy Light Pink, with a VS2 clarity. It weighs 32.34 carats. Expected to sell for £ 1,500,000 but after the war bargain prices, sold for 4,070,000 pounds (approximately $ 6.9 million). The winner is the Siba Corporation of Hong Kong. Since the appearance of the Agra has been modified to form cushion shape weighing 28.15 carats.
The Pink Sunrise is a fancy pink diamonds, with a design similar to the famous Centenary diamond (heart shaped). By craftsmen in the form of the famous diamond Tolkowsky Gaby with his team (he was also the largest cut diamond in the world, the Golden Jubilee diamond). The Pink Sunrise weighs 29.79 carats with class Internally Flawless (no defects).
Christie's auction held in New York, on October 19, 2005 is known as the auction that has a high level of competition. Four buyers compete to obtain these pink diamonds, and finally the winner was Amer Radwan, a diamond dealer based in Dubai, with the auction price of more than 6 million U.S. $. Soon after he won the auction, pink diamond is named The Rose of Dubai , a fancy pink diamond weighing 25.02-Carat according to the GIA.
The Mouawad Lilac is the name emerald cut diamond weighing 24.44 carats, which is fancy pink diamonds, owned by Robert Mouawad. Robert Mouawad himself was a leader of the world renowned diamond dealer, Mouawad Jewelers, which was founded in 1890 by his grandfather Daoud Mouawad.
Queen Elizabeth II has a collection of beautiful pink diamonds as a wedding gift in 1947, given by Canadian geologist Dr. John Williamson. The Williamson This is a pink diamond weighing 23.6 carats cut by Briefel and Lemer in London in 1948 and pinned on the brooch, designed by Cartier in 1952. This diamond was found in a mine in Tanzania.
Diamond named The Pink Orchid It is owned by Graff Diamonds of London.Warnanya pink purplefish with 'Marquise cut', weighs 22.84 carats. Pink Orchid is sold for around $ 1,000,000 per carat. Type II diamonds are considered and a color from a process known as Plastic Deformation.
The Mouawad Pink is a diamond weighing 21.06 carats that has 'radiant-cut', fancy colored pink, and the VS-1 clarity. has a light pink color, and VS-1 clarity. Cut is a combination of the emerald cut (above) and the brilliant cut (below). The Mouawad Pink Although this is the smallest diamonds in the diamond collection Mouawad seen in size, but still worth more than $ 12 million U.S. $.
The Hortensia is a flat pink diamond, weighing 20.53 carats. The name Hydrangea comes from the Dutch queen, Hortense de Becuharnias, which is the daughter of Napolean Bonaparte. The Hortensia exhibited in the Louvre, Paris. King Louis XIV to buy precious stones inipada the 'paviliun'nya, this rare gem has a disability. In the year 1792, some jewelry had been stolen from the Garde Meuble Paris, and The Witch Hazel is one satunya.Tapi then rediscovered in Paris.
The Graff Pink Supreme is a diamond weighing 10.83 carat, pear-shaped with color and clarity values are not known. However, if seen from the photos there, having Internally flawless clarity, thick pink colournya / old that qualifies as a fancy pink diamond. Graff bought this stone at auction Christie's auction in Geneva in November 1993 for 6,163,500 Swiss francs.
The Grand Condé is a pear-shaped pink diamond shape with a 9.01 carat weight. Louis XIII was King who made this diamond as a gift to Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, who was appointed as Commander of the famous French Army in the Thirty Years' War, and the prince became known as the Grand Condé. Until the time of his death in 1686, the Prince was known to be enthusiastic about the art and also in terms of attractive women!
Currently, the Grand Conde diamonds on display in the Musée de Condé in Chantilly, France. While on October 11, 1926, the diamonds had been stolen from the museum, but later recovered. He has other names as Pink Condé, Condé Diamond, or Le Grand Condé.
The Vivid Pink is a rare pink diamond once there. While the majority of natural pink diamonds showed berbias pink, purple, orange or gray, The Vivid Pink conclusively demonstrate the absolute pink and "there is no secondary colors at all". So the 5-carat diamond weighing into a special diamond. The Vivid Pink on December 1, 2009 will be auctioned by Christie's auction house in Hong Kong, with estimated starting price of $ 5 million to 7 million U.S. $. This is expected to be a new world auction record for a pink diamond pink after a similar auction was held in Geneva in 1994, where The Vivid Pink sold for U.S. $ 7.4 million. Beautiful pink diamond is qualified as Fancy Pink from GIA, and it is estimated there are only 1 in 100,000 such fancy diamonds.
Monday, January 4, 2010
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