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Diamond Prices Crash to Lowest Level This Century
Diamond Prices Crash to Lowest Level This Century: Structural Reset Shakes Global Market

The global diamond market is undergoing one of its most severe contractions in modern history, with prices[…]

The Farnese Blue
The Farnese Blue Diamond: Three Centuries Through Europe’s Royal Courts

The Farnese Blue occupies a rare position among historic natural diamonds. It is not merely a gemstone[…]

petra 41.82-carat Type IIb blue diamond
Petra Recovers Huge 41.82-ct Blue Diamond

Petra Diamonds today announced the recovery of a huge 41.82-carat Type IIb blue diamond at its Cullinan[…]

The 9.51 carat Mellon Blue Fancy Vivid Blue pear shaped cut diamond
Rare ‘Mellon Blue’ Diamond Fetches $25.5 Million at Christie’s Geneva Market Reflects Shifting Demand for Coloured Diamonds

The legendary Mellon Blue Diamond a 9.51-carat fancy vivid blue, internally flawless gem sold for $25.5 million[…]

No Golconda Blue, but Christie’s still Raises $72m

Christie's Geneva sold 100 per cent of lots at its Magnificent Jewels yesterday (14 May) and raised[…]

Rare 10-Carat Blue Diamond Could Fetch $20 Million at Sotheby’s Geneva Auction

A remarkable 10-carat blue diamond, dubbed the “Mediterranean Blue Diamond,” is expected to achieve up to $20[…]

See The World’s Rarest Diamonds, Worth a Total of $100 million, in Abu Dhabi

The exhibition is incredibly exciting for the simple reason that to purely just have eight diamonds of[…]

The 10.3 Carat ‘Mediterranean Blue’ Diamond Could

Fancy vivid blue diamonds exceeding 10 carats are among the rarest gemstones in the world, and Sotheby’s[…]

5.72-ct Blue Diamond Sells for $8.8m

A 5.72 carat fancy intense blue diamond beat its high estimate and sold for $8.8m yesterday (10[…]

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