Pink Diamond’s most famous and most expensive in the world
Diamonds are one type of gemstone which is very desirable person to have it. Various types of diamonds are not cheap at a price that small and large depends on its authenticity. Yet many people hunted to supplement her jewelry collection or just raise the prestige.
Gemstone is a mineral, rock formed from geologic processes which elements consist of one or several chemical components that have a high selling price, and desired by collectors. Gemstone jewelry must be polished before.
In this world, not all places contain gemstones. In Indonesia only a few places that contain gemstones, among others, in the province of Banten with Kalimayanya, on the island of Borneo with Kecubungnya (amethys) and Diamond (diamond). Gemstone has a name starting from letter a to z letter are classified according to its hardness, known as Mohs Scale of 1 to 10. The most desirable gemstones in the world and ranks above berkristal is Diamond.
Pink diamond was also chosen by many people, especially women as the most beautiful diamond colors, such a rarity that is usually found only in small sizes only. Found in several places in the world, but the largest source in northwestern Australia, known as the Argyle mine.
Of the few records that we had collected some names are peculiar to the spectacular pink diamond that is the biggest, most expensive, most famous and most beautiful of all pink diamonds in the world
E Darya Noor, a pink diamond the largest 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 (Iranians) took him back to their country.
Noor-ul-Ain, or “light eyes” is a pink diamond, with an oval cut weighing about 60 carats. This name may be given by Nader Shah and his men, after the capture and sacking of Delhi and Agra in 1739 and is believed to originate from the Golconda mines in India. The name of this diamond was not previously diketahui.The Noor-ul-Ain is mounted on a diamond tiara / crown made for Queen Farah Pahlavi of Iran on his marriage to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1958.
The Steinmetz Pink diamond pink emerged as the best ever ditemukan.Berasal of South Africa. Weighs 59.60 carats and has a value of Internally Flawless very rare. It took approximately 20 months to cut and shape diamonds with eight of its original shape weighing 100-carat diamond. Facet facet cut is formed into a mixture of unique and distinctive.
The Shah Jahan is a pink diamond that has a table cut or also known as taviz cut, weighing 56.71 carats, and was referred to the 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 is a 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 making it safe until the war Agra assessed by the 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 £ 1.5 million 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). In the famous diamond shape by craftsmen Gaby Tolkowsky with his team (he is also the world’s largest cut diamond, 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 an 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 GIA.
The Mouawad Lilac is the name of the emerald-cut diamond weighing 24.44 carats which is a fancy pink diamond, owned by Robert Mouawad. Robert Mouawad was himself a leader of the world renowned diamond dealer, Mouawad Jewelers, founded in 1890 by his grandfather Daoud Mouawad. Queen Elizabeth II has a collection of beautiful pink diamonds as a wedding gift in 1947 provided by Canadian geologist Dr.. John Williamson.
The Williamson is the name of the 23.6-carat diamond that is cut by Briefel and Lemer in London in 1948 and became the center of a stone brooch designed by Cartier in 1952. This stone was found in a mine in Tanzania.
Pink Orchid, pink diamonds belonging Graff Diamonds of London. This diamond has a specific color other than pink ejected dominnan also shades of purple with Marquise after the cut, because it weighs 22.84 carats. This pink diamond sold up to $ 1,000,000 per carat. Pink diamond is considered as type II and get a color from a process known as Plastic Deformation.
Mouawad Pink pink diamond weighing 21.06 carats ditimbangan. Rays diahasilkan after the cutting process is very attractive pink color. Although Mouawad Pink is the smallest but this diamond collection in the estimated value of more than 12 million U.S. dollars.