100 carat, D, flawless

[Bella]

I read this on today''s Yahoo news page. Hope the picture works. Ah, if I only had a spare $26.6 million laying around.




Model Tomoko Misawa shows off the alleged world''s most valuable diamond in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 1, 2004. The diamond is certified as 100-carat, D-color and flawless and will be on a special display at a Tokyo department store with a price tag of 2.94 billion yen (US$26.6 million) from Oct. 9. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

 

[Momoftwo]

I didn't know a stone that big could be flawless. It doesn't even look real. Does the article say where it was mined or who cut it?

 

[fancyrock]

OMG... I've been drooling all day over all the pretty "blings"... my desk is a wet mess!! and now you show me THIS???!!!! I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight b/c every time I close my eyes, I will see this beauty looking at me in the face!!

 

[Bella]

I've been trying to find out the name of the department store, but so far have found nothing. It was part of Yahoo news' photo gallery, but I don't know any more than that. Hopefully, someone else here might know more . . .?

 

[Lynn B]

I would give $100 to see that in person!!!!