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The weight of a diamond is one of these variables that determines a diamond’s worth and is what the general public is most familiar with. ... 1.00 Carat. $1,910 – $15,650. $1,190 – $15,650 ...
In its Global Diamond Report 2014, Bain & Co reports that demand for investment diamonds accounts for less than 5% of the total value of polished diamonds. [14] It also reports that diamond prices have benefited from 1.6x lower volatility than gold. Characteristics of investment-grade polished diamonds are highest color (D, E, F) and clarity ...
If they require a re-cut, they will be less valuable than a similar, newly polished diamond. [1] Within the diamond industry, recycled diamonds of smaller sizes, typically one-fifth of a carat or smaller, are traded in parcels of mixed diamonds known as a "melee" and are typically bought by jewelry manufacturers, diamond manufacturers and dealers.
In May 2009, a 7.03-carat (1.406 g) blue diamond fetched the highest price per carat ever paid for a diamond when it was sold at auction for 10.5 million Swiss francs (6.97 million euros, or US$9.5 million at the time). [61]
This is a partial list of the largest non-synthetic diamonds with a rough stone (uncut) weight of over 200 carats (40 grams). [1] The list is not intended to be complete—e.g., the Cullinan (formerly Premier) mine alone has produced 135 diamonds larger than 200 carats since mining commenced.
The Paragon diamond was acquired by Graff in 1989. The Paragon is a 7-sided diamond of 137.82 carats (27.564 g), cut, [13] [14] and was worn as part of "millennium" necklace of round, pink, blue and yellow diamonds by Naomi Campbell in 1999. [15] The Lesotho Promise was acquired as a rough 603-carat (120.6 g) stone for $12.4 million in 2006. [16]
The pink, cushion-cut, 34.65-carat Princie Diamond used to be part of the Jewels of the Nizams of Hyderabad; it was auctioned in 2013 by Christie's and sold for US$ 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. [87]
Aspen Brown’s September 1 discovery “is the second-largest registered by a park guest this year, topped only by a 3.29-carat brown diamond discovered in March,” says the release.