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Diamond mining in India extends back into antiquity. From ancient times, India was the source of nearly all the world's known diamonds, and until diamonds were discovered in Brazil in 1726, India was the only place where diamonds were mined. India has not been a major diamond-producing country since the 1900s, but diamond mining continues.
Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) is a diamond trade centre located in DREAM City, Surat, Gujarat, India, designed by the architecture firm Morphogenesis. It is the world's largest diamond trading hub with a floor space of 660,000 square metres (7,100,000 sq ft), as well as the world's largest office building .
The first major development in diamond cutting came with the "Point Cut" during the later half of the 14th century: the Point Cut follows the natural shape of an octahedral rough diamond crystal, [2] eliminating some waste in the cutting process. Diamond cutting, as well as overall processing, is concentrated in a few cities around the world ...
DDPL mainly focuses on cutting and polishing quality diamonds, which it eventually sells to retailers and jewelers across the globe. The company manufactures diamonds in various shapes and sizes, ranging from 0.01 carat to 10 carat and distributes its products through its sales offices at Hong Kong, the United States and Belgium.
The pink, cushion-cut, 34.65-carat Princie Diamond used to be part of the Jewels of the Nizams of Hyderabad; it was auctioned in 2013 by Christie's and sold for US$ 39.3 million, which is the highest-recorded auction price for a Golconda diamond and a world record for US$ 1.1 million per carat.
Hari Krishna Exports Pvt. Ltd., also known as HK, is an Indian diamond conglomerate, headquartered in The Capital, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, India. [7] It was established in 1992 by Savji Dholakia and his three brothers. [1]
Diamond cutting is the art and science of creating a gem-quality diamond out of mined rough. The cut of a diamond describes the manner in which a diamond has been shaped and polished from its beginning form as a rough stone to its final gem proportions. The cut of a diamond describes the quality of workmanship and the angles to which a diamond ...
Once diamonds were removed from the ore and acid washed, they were sorted and shipped to Perth for further sorting and sale. A significant quantity of diamonds were cut in India, where low costs of labour allowed small diamonds to be cut for a profit; this was especially relevant to the Argyle mine, which on average produced smaller rough ...