5. Mercedes SL600: Every Inch Drenched in Diamond!
We are into the top 5 and so expect a very special twist at each turn. This custom crafted and one of a kind Mercedes SL600 is just too good to be true. Every inch of this very special car is coated in diamonds. Yes, real diamonds on the name plate and on exhaust pipe as well! The interiors are blinged up with faux fur and if you ever own this car, then just give us your number. Price of the car- Anyone�s guess.
DTC introduced Diamond Next Trends 2006 on July 21, 2006 at Mumbai. The concept aimed at providing Indian women, trade and industry with latest and best in diamond jewellery designs. It’s an attempt by DTC at forecasting future and preparing the diamond world for it. Under Diamond next DTC brought together the best in the industry to conceptualize and create the latest trends in diamond jewellery design.
Inspiration and insights were provided by a panel of experts comprising of some of the biggest names in diamond jewellery-Queenie Dodhy, Farah Khan Ali, Sana Ali Khan, Maheep Kapoor. Four themes were introduced for the year namely- timeless nature, cultural criss-cross, circle of hope, pure passion, were shared with the design team of national award winning designers like Shruti Agarwal, Gunjanh Suri and Pallavi Dudeja Folley - really India’s best young lot of designers.
“With diamond jewellery industry growing by 20% year on year over the past four years and the increasing demand from women, the industry is bound to grow faster then before. We are hoping to continue the same rise in demand and expect to meet 19% increase standards this year. Today for the Indian women, jewellery purchase is an anytime activity determined by her moods, aspirations and her estimation of her self-worth. Diamond Next is our path breaking effort to fulfill the diamond dream of every Indian women,” said Cherie Saldhana, MD, DTC.
Just in time for Valentine's Day...
Sotheby’s D-Grade Flawless Diamond (White Diamond)
Price: $16 million
Carats: 108
This flawless white diamond--arguably the finest of its kind for sale anywhere in the world--is graded ‘D’ for color (highest possible rating). What makes it extraordinary isn’t so much its heft--a generous 108 carats-- as its nearly total absence of flaws.
For more information, visit: www.sothebys.com.
Mouawad Diamond Necklace
Price: $12 million
Carats: 70 (for the largest stone)
This necklace of white and colored diamonds was once displayed at London’s Natural History Museum and is currently owned by the Robert Mouawad as part of his collection housed in Geneva, Switzerland, which contains his higher-end pieces. The largest jewel in the necklace is a 70-carat white sparkler.
For more information, visit: www.mouawad.com.
Leviev Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond
Price: $10 Million
Carats: 77.12
“Fancy vivid” is the highest rating you can give a colored stone, and London jeweler and Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev is offering for sale one of the world’s most spectacular. Leviev, who controls the third largest group of diamond mines in the world, got this stone from one of his own diggings. It hangs from a white diamond necklace.
For more information, visit: www.leviev.com.
Graff Fancy Vivid Pink Pear Shaped Diamond
Price: $10 Million
Carats: 13
Graff doesn’t loan diamonds to celebrities, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have your own piece of red carpet bling. Collectors will be clamoring for this beauty, mounted in a platinum ring with white pear-shaped diamonds on both sides.
For more information, visit: www.graffdiamonds.com.
Harry Winston Fancy Intense Pink Diamond with two Trapezoid Diamonds
Price: $8.3 Million
Carats: 10.11
Pinks are among the rarest of colored diamonds, and this particular stone is one of the largest offered on the market today. The diamond displays a 100% pure pink color that is evenly distributed and saturated to a degree found only in the best vivid-grade diamonds. Clarity rating: VVS1.
For more information, visit: www.harrywinston.com.
de Grisogono Green Diamond
Price: $7.3 Million
Carats: 25.06
Colored diamonds, specifically green ones, rarely come to market, which helps account for the relatively high price of this one from de Grisogono. The 25-carat GIA-certified VS1stone is set in white gold with 382 black diamonds (7 carats’ worth) surrounding it.
This beautiful diamond cubic zirconia diamond simulant, is made to match the visual properties of a flawless diamond exactly. It is so much like a diamond that nobody in the world can tell the difference between this and a flawless natural diamond without a diamond tester. As well as looking just like a diamond it is almost as hard. A diamond has a hardness rating of 10, this has a hardness rating of 8.5, the only things that can even scratch the surface are diamond, corundum, and moisanite. These are the best diamond simulants that you can buy anywhere, only the best material is used to cut the stones from. Please do not be fooled by the low price, you can get different grades of cz and different qualities of cut, these are the best you can get anywhere in both quality and cut.
There are many types of diamond simulants available, the best diamond simulant in the world is Cubic zirconia. Cubic zirconia matches a diamond perfectly, but low quality stones fade over time in the sunlight. This stone will not fade in the sunlight and will be as hard as it possibly can be. Because of this it is the best diamond simulant you can find anywhere, it is far superior to other diamond simulants such as moisanite or white sapphire, moisanite and white sapphire are easily spotted when compared to a real diamond, I guarantee that nobody in the world can tell this apart without a diamond tester.
| Cut | Carat | Clarity | Colour: | Size | Facets |
| Cushion | 184.68 | FL | D | 30mm | 45 |
3. Rare Blue Diamond Sells for World Record Price of $8.9 Million
We all know that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it turns out that some girls have much more expensive taste in friends than other girls. The awesome blue diamond pictured above is a 13.39 carat beauty that sold for the record price of $8.9 million at a sale at Christie’s in Geneva last year. The diamond is considered quite rare and contains boron, giving it a slightly bluish color as well as giving it properties that make it a semi-conductor that conducts electricity. My grandfather would say that it had better do more than conduct some electricity - for that price you would expect at least bolts of lightning.
If you buy multiple simulated or lab created gems from my shop then you only have to pay shipping for the most expensive gem, shipping for the rest is FREE provided they are paid for at the same time so they can be shipped together. Please buy all the gems you need then request an invoice to get combined shipping. Do not pay until you have ordered all the gems you need.
This beautiful diamond cubic zirconia diamond simulant, is made to match the visual properties of a flawless diamond exactly. It is so much like a diamond that nobody in the world can tell the difference between this and a flawless natural diamond without a diamond tester. As well as looking just like a diamond it is almost as hard. A diamond has a hardness rating of 10, this has a hardness rating of 8.5, the only things that can even scratch the surface are diamond, corundum, and moisanite. These are the best diamond simulants that you can buy anywhere, only the best material is used to cut the stones from. Please do not be fooled by the low price, you can get different grades of cz and different qualities of cut, these are the best you can get anywhere in both quality and cut.
There are many types of diamond simulants available, the best diamond simulant in the world is Cubic zirconia. Cubic zirconia matches a diamond perfectly, but low quality stones fade over time in the sunlight. This stone will not fade in the sunlight and will be as hard as it possibly can be. Because of this it is the best diamond simulant you can find anywhere, it is far superior to other diamond simulants such as moisanite or white sapphire, moisanite and white sapphire are easily spotted when compared to a real diamond, I guarantee that nobody in the world can tell this apart without a diamond tester.
| Cut | Carat | Clarity | Colour: | Size | Facets |
| Oval | 340 | FL | D | 40x30mm | 67 |
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Over the past 30 years, Graff has sold diamonds to royalty, businessmen, and socialites. His greatest client coup, however, was when the late Harry Oppenheimer, patriarch of the DeBeers family, purchased diamond jewelry from Graff as a gift for his wife’s 80th birthday. (Click image to enlarge);%20function%20voidFunc()%20{%20}%20voidFunc(); "Graff")
Graff’s proclivity for the diamond business began at age 14, when he started an apprenticeship in London’s diamond district. Though he was trained as a jewelry maker, it became clear that he was more adept at buying and selling diamonds. As he grew older, the stones grew bigger. In 1973, he took his jewelry manufacturing company public on the British Stock Exchange and raised the capital to open his first store in London. Soon after, however, the fiercely independent Graff decided that he did not want his company’s stock value to fluctuate with the whims of the financial market, and he bought it back. (Click image to enlarge)
Such bold business tactics, as well as his charming manner, have led industry insiders to compare him to the late, great Harry Winston. “Graff has many of the attributes that were associated with Winston: courage, a great eye for stones, a good negotiator, and charisma,” says William Boyajian, president of the Gemological Institute of America. “As a first-generation jeweler, it’s hard to break into this business and achieve what Graff has been able to accomplish.”
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Trillion Cut AAAAA 8mm Diamond Cubic Zirconia Diamond Simulant
This beautiful diamond cubic zirconia diamond simulant, is made to match the visual properties of a flawless diamond exactly. It is so much like a diamond that nobody in the world can tell the difference between this and a flawless natural diamond without a diamond tester. As well as looking just like a diamond it is almost as hard. A diamond has a hardness rating of 10, this has a hardness rating of 8.5, the only things that can even scratch the surface are diamond, corundum, and moisanite. These are the best diamond simulants that you can buy anywhere, only the best material is used to cut the stones from. Please do not be fooled by the low price, you can get different grades of cz and different qualities of cut, these are the best you can get anywhere in both quality and cut.
There are many types of diamond simulants available, the best diamond simulant in the world is Cubic zirconia. Cubic zirconia matches a diamond perfectly, but low quality stones fade over time in the sunlight. This stone will not fade in the sunlight and will be as hard as it possibly can be. Because of this it is the best diamond simulant you can find anywhere, it is far superior to other diamond simulants such as moisanite or white sapphire, moisanite and white sapphire are easily spotted when compared to a real diamond, I guarantee that nobody in the world can tell this apart without a diamond tester.
| Cut | Carat | Clarity | Colour: | Size | Facets |
| Trillion | 2.5 | FL | D | 8mm | 43 |
It's been more than half a century since Marilyn Monroe crooned "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." And here in the next century, the charms of this precious gem show no signs of abating.
On Wednesday evening, the largest brilliant white cut diamond ever to be sold at auction went under the gavel at Sotheby's in Geneva, Switzerland.
The lucky winner was Guess clothing founder Georges Marciano, who purchased the rock for nearly $16.2 million, about $200,000 more than its maximum estimate by Sotheby's.
The 84.37-carat white diamond is the size of a quail's egg and is rated as a "class D brilliant," the highest possible rating, according to Sotheby's.
It took a painstaking two years for the gem to be cut.
But it must have been worth it because, in matters of polish, symmetry, cut, color and clarity, this stone has few equals. In the catalog, Sotheby's described it as "pure perfection."
David Bennett, Sotheby's chairman of jewelry for Europe and the Middle East, told The Associated Press, "In my 32-year career, this stone ranks among the most beautiful diamonds I have ever seen."
Diamonds are a girl's best friend, they say - and soon they could be every girl's best friend.
A team in the US has brought the world one step closer to cheap, mass-produced, perfect diamonds. The improvement also means there is no theoretical limit on the size of diamonds that can be grown in the lab.
A team led by Russell Hemley, of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, makes diamonds by chemical vapour deposition (CVD), where carbon atoms in a gas are deposited on a surface to produce diamond crystals.
The CVD process produces rapid diamond growth, but impurities from the gas are absorbed and the diamonds take on a brownish tint.
These defects can be purged by a costly high-pressure, high-temperature treatment called annealing. However, only relatively small diamonds can be produced this way: the largest so far being a 34-carat yellow diamond about 1 centimetre wide.
Now Hemley and his team have got around the size limit by using microwaves to "cook" their diamonds in a hydrogen plasma at 2200 °C but at low pressure. Diamond size is now limited only by the size of the microwave chamber used.
