Record-breaking blue diamond could fetch $48 million at auction
Credit: Sotheby’s/De Beers/Diacore One of the most valuable blue diamonds to ever feature at an auction could sell for more than $48 million, according to Sotheby’s. Named “The De Beers Cullinan Blue,” it is the biggest vivid blue diamond to be put up for auction, according to a press release from Sotheby’s Wednesday. The 15.10-carat […]
1,000 carat diamond sold at auction in Dubai
A rare 1,086-carat rough diamond was sold at a Dubai auction this week. The colour is the result of the stone being not one crystal, but several merged together. Some of them are darker than others and therefore give a yellow-orange glow. All photos: DMCC A 1,086-carat diamond, the largest of its kind to […]