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Hong Kong-based jewelry retailer Chow Tai Fook just bought the type IIa "Pink Star" diamond for a record $71.2 million, making it the most expensive cut diamond ever sold. The 59.60-carat pink diamond is the largest in its class ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). The internally flawless oval-mixed-cut rock measures 2.69 by 2.06 centimeters (1.06 by 0.81 inches) and weighs 11.92 grams (0.026 pounds).
The Pink Star was mined by De Beers in 1999 in South Africa, and weighed 132.5 carat in the rough. The Pink Star is the largest known diamond having been rated Vivid Pink. As a result of this exceptional rarity, the Steinmetz Group took a cautious 20 months to cut the Pink. It was unveiled in Monaco on 29 May 2003 in a public ceremony, and named the "Steinmetz Pink" at the time.
Sotheby’s was forced to buy back the diamond after a previous buyer defaulted on what was then a record sale in 2013 ($83.1 million, and renamed the "Pink Dream"). Until now, the most expensive diamond ever sold at auction was the "Oppenheimer Blue," which fetched 56.8 million Swiss francs (more than $57 million at the time) last May. The previous world auction record for a pink diamond was $46.2 million for the 24.78 carat "Graff Pink" in 2010.
http://wwd.com/accessories-news/jew...st-expensive-diamond-auction-record-10856353/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-world-record-selling-71-million-pink-diamond
http://www.mining.com/pink-star-diamond-breaks-world-record-at-71-2-million/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Star_(diamond)
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2017/the-pink-star-hk0770.html
The Pink Star was mined by De Beers in 1999 in South Africa, and weighed 132.5 carat in the rough. The Pink Star is the largest known diamond having been rated Vivid Pink. As a result of this exceptional rarity, the Steinmetz Group took a cautious 20 months to cut the Pink. It was unveiled in Monaco on 29 May 2003 in a public ceremony, and named the "Steinmetz Pink" at the time.
Sotheby’s was forced to buy back the diamond after a previous buyer defaulted on what was then a record sale in 2013 ($83.1 million, and renamed the "Pink Dream"). Until now, the most expensive diamond ever sold at auction was the "Oppenheimer Blue," which fetched 56.8 million Swiss francs (more than $57 million at the time) last May. The previous world auction record for a pink diamond was $46.2 million for the 24.78 carat "Graff Pink" in 2010.
http://wwd.com/accessories-news/jew...st-expensive-diamond-auction-record-10856353/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-world-record-selling-71-million-pink-diamond
http://www.mining.com/pink-star-diamond-breaks-world-record-at-71-2-million/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Star_(diamond)
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2017/the-pink-star-hk0770.html
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