PINK DIAMOND

Updated 04-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about PINK DIAMOND!

Rare pink diamond sells for £29m: One of the world’s rarest diamonds sells for the record price of $46 million (£29m) after going under the hammer in Switzerland.

Rare $31.6 million ‘Unique Pink’ diamond sets new auction record: A 15.38 carat pink diamond sold for $31.6 million at Sotheby’s on Tuesday, making it the most expensive fancy vivid pink diamond ever to sell at auction.

The Sweet Josephine: rare pink diamond sold in Geneva auction: Large cushion-shaped stone is one of only three certified gems of its type offered for sale in 250 years, say auctioneers

The $83 Million Pink Diamond Default: The 59.6-carat “Pink Star” diamond is in the possession of Sotheby’s after the person who made the high bid was unable to pay for it.

Pink Diamond Buying Guide: Shapes, Shades, Rarity and Price: Explains the basics of Fancy Pink Diamonds. Including their origins and how to assess their value. But primarily, this is a tutorial for the potential buyer of Pink Diamonds.

What makes pink diamonds pink?: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History hope to solve a geological mystery. What gives pink diamonds their colour?

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the source of their pink color is debated in the gemological world . pink diamonds range from flawless to included, just as do white diamonds . only one pink diamond is known to be completely flawless . a similar theory is being tested on pink diamonds that originated in the Argyle Mine in western australia . color is considered the most important criterion in grading a pink diamond and determining its value auction buyer was unable to pay promised sum and was forced to default on its purchase . Among famous pink diamonds; the Daria-i-Noor is the largest pink diamond in the world, measured at 182 carat pink diamonds can exhibit brown, orange and purple overtones at the same time . a vivid pink diamond will be more valuable than a larger lighter pink diamond . there is no perfect consensus as to what defines each color intensity grade . pink diamonds fall under the category of Type IIa diamonds . the GIA keeps a master catalog of each diamond color . the Argyle mine has developed their own pink diamond color classification system . instead of intensity, the color is divided into a scale from 1-9, 9 being the lightest and 1 being the darkest . only 7% of pink diamonds are flawless or Internally Flawless (IF) and majority are Slightly Included (SI) pink diamond clarity has little effect on a pink diamond’s value . high the only successful method to grow an artificial pink diamond is the chemical vapor deposition method (CVD) a gem quality CVD pink diamond undergoes a process where a colorless diamond has an imperfection introduced into 80% of the world’s pink diamonds now originate from the Argyle mine in Kimberley, western australia . out of the mine’s 20 million carat annual output, only 0.1% are classified as pink diamond the popularity of pink diamonds rose in November 2013 when the 59.6-carat pink star diamond was bid on at auction in Geneva . the record price paid for a pink diamond was held by the 16.08 carat sweet both diamonds were bought as gifts for his daughter, Josephine, born in 2008 . the 7.03-carat blue moon diamond, which he renamed the Star of Josephine diamond, purchased in 2009 for $9.5 ISBN 0873110269 Rachminov, Eden (2009). “The Fancy Color Diamond Book: Facts and Secrets of Trading in Rarities” New York: Diamond Odyssey.