Cullinan Diamond Mine Sold For US$147 Million

De Beers, the world's biggest diamond company declaring that they were selling the historic Cullinan Diamond Mine in South Africa where the largest diamond ever found.


De Beers company, the one that produced the largest diamond, The Cullinan, which weighed over 3000 carats, uncut. The grand mine will go off for $147 million to the Petra Diamonds that is the second largest producer of diamonds in South Africa after De Beers, and is partnered in the country by Thembinkosi Mining Investments (Pty) Ltd which "brings together a significant pool of empowerment players”.


This will enable De Beers to best use our capital to invest in exciting growth opportunities and to sustain a strong diamond mining business in South Africa for the future," said Gareth Penny, Managing Director of the De Beers Group.


The Cullinan Diamond Mine, established in 1902, is famous for the world's largest ever rough diamond, The Cullinan Diamond, which was discovered in 1905 and weighed over 3000 carats uncut. The mine is also the world's only significant producer of rare blue diamonds.


The Cullinan Diamond Mine is one of the most illustrious diamond mines in South Africa and we are delighted to have concluded this transaction which will ensure a viable and sustainable mining operation for many years to come," said Petra chief executive Johan Dippenaar.


"Over the last 100 years, Cullinan has played an integral part in writing the history of diamonds - giving the world its largest ever gem diamond, the Cullinan diamond, as well as many of the most famous and spectacular diamonds ever seen, including the two largest polished diamonds," he added."via

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Skull with diamonds named Cephalogo

Skull with diamonds is not new for today's latest news. We've already seen before a skull encrusted with diamonds designed by Damien Hirst's. The masterpiece was entitled “For the love of God” with the price of $100 million.

Now, here is another diamonds in skull. This piece was done by Walter Robinson and has the Superman logo, hence its name, Cephalogo.

As we know Superman could only be killed by Kryptonite, so this piece is made of plastic, metal and “found” material. I wonder what part was found. Regardless it'll make a marvelous gift for a loved one.

The size of this skull with diamonds Superman logo is 7 x 6 x 7 inches.via

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$250000 For a Diamond Studded Gundam

A Gundam made of pure platinum, and with a 0.15 carat diamond mounted to the head, will be displayed at BaselWorld 2007, a watch and jewelry show.

This approach is GINZA TANAKA platinum to the creation of new value and that they wanted to, the characters Gundam world would like to have one of Bandai match made. Timeless popular character, pure, rare and enduring symbol of being pure platinum (Pt1000) material used as the eternal white platinum continue to shine in a reproduction of the Gundam's charm and shine forever maintain that success. 89 thousands of sophisticated built-up parts to be designed for the delicate and noble impression in the finish.

At present, this work is not expected to be sold, as a reference price is US $ 250000 worth.
The material is pure platinum (Pt1000), the weight of 1400 g.

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Fissler's Gold and Diamond Pot

Do you love cooking? Then try to cook your food with this gold and diamond pot.

Fissler, the leader on the German market for premium cookware, is setting new standards of luxury with a unique product: a pot adorned with gold and diamonds from Fissler will be presented to the exclusive clientele of the London department store Harrods. This true gem will be exclusively produced to order and will cost £100,000.


Technically, the diamond pot is based on a saucepan of 28 cm in diameter from the successful premium series 'original profi collection®' by Fissler. The handles on the lid and sides as well as the name logo are made from almost one kilogram of solid gold (750/yellow gold) and are studded with more than 200 diamonds (TWSI) of varying sizes.


The product will be presented in accordance with its unusual characteristics: the diamond pot will be showcased at Harrods on a special presentation pedestal made of rootwood. The diamond pot will come complete with a high-class jewellery box made of rootwood. A document and the appropriate quality certificate guarantee additional exclusive quality for the buyer.


With the diamond pot, Fissler will be presenting what is probably the most precious pot in the world. An application for inclusion in the book of Guinness World Records has already been submitted.via

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$2.6 Million Worth For a Rare Red Diamond

A splendid ring, with rare red diamond set, was beaten in Geneva by Christie's for 2.6 million dollars. This is the new world record for a gemstone of that color. Never, until now, a diamond purporeo of similar size had been put for auction.

The English jeweler Laurence Graff bought the ring whose stone octagonal has 2.26 carats and is the largest diamond ever appeared red to an auction.

The previous record for a red diamond, considered the most rare colored diamond was 1.92 carats and was sold for more than 1.6 million dollars in 2001, according to the auction house that organized the semi-annual sale of jewels in Geneva yesterday evening.

An emerald and diamond necklace, belonged to the princess German Katharina Henckel von Donnersmarck the end of the nineteenth century, were sold for about 1.78 million dollars to an anonymous buyer.

In all, the Christie's jewelry has earned 48 million dollars by selling 80% of the approximately 400 lots.via

The Allnatt Diamond: An Extraordinarily Rare Diamond

Strongly colored diamonds weighing more than 100 carats are extremely rare, making this vivid yellow diamond truly exceptional.

This extraordinarily rare 101.29 carat stone is named after its former British owner, Major Alfred Ernest Allnatt. There are fewer than a dozen known diamonds that weigh over 100 carats and have a strong yellow color, and even fewer that attain a vivid grade. The color is the result of nitrogen atoms that replaced some of the crystal’s carbon atoms. It is no surprise, therefore, that the Allnatt commanded the fourth highest auction record price for a single yellow diamond.

The Allnatt Diamond is a diamond with a cushion cut, rated in color as Fancy Vivid Yellow by the Gemological Institute of America. While it is not known precisely where the Allnatt originated, many experts believe that it was probably found in what is now known as the De Beers Premier Diamond Mine.

The Allnatt's origins are unknown prior to Major Allnatt's purchasing of the diamond in the early 1950s. After purchasing the diamond, he commissioned Cartier to make a setting for it. The final setting was a platinum flower with five petals, a stem and two leaves, all set with diamonds. The Allnatt was resold at auction in May 1996 by Christie's in Geneva for $3,043,496 US. At the time of its sale the Allnatt was 102.07 carats (20.414 g). and was graded Fancy Intense Yellow. After being sold to the SIBA Corporation, the diamond was re-cut to its current weight and the intensity was upgraded as a result.


The Allnatt was displayed as part of the Smithsonian's "The Splendor of Diamonds" exhibit, alongside The De Beers Millennium Star and The Heart of Eternity.

The Darya-ye Noor Diamond

The Darya-ye Noor meaning "Sea of Light" in Persian, is one of the largest diamonds in the world, weighing 182 carats (36.4 g). Its colour, pale pink, is one of the rarest to be found in diamonds. The Darya-ye Noor presently forms part of the Iranian crown jewels. It is considered one of the oldest known diamonds to man.

Darya-ye Noor Diamond is recognized as the possession of the first Mogul emperor of India and is ranked as the most eminent diamond among the Iranian Crown Jewels.


The history behind the Darya-ye Noor reveals a lot of facts. The extraction of this diamond was in India at the Golconda mine, which is in the southern India. The diamond was a precious possession of the Mughal knights. In 1739, the adventurer Nader Shah of Persia invaded India and sacked Delhi; the booty he garnered from the mughal treasury included the Darya-i-noor, in addition to the Kohinoor and the Peacock throne. All of these treasures were carried to Persia by Nader Shah and the Darya-i-noor has remained there ever since.

After Nader Shah's death, the Darya-ye Noor was inherited by his grandson, Shahrokh Mirza. It then passed into the possession of Alam Khan Khozeimeh, and later, of Lotf Ali Khan Zand, a member of Iran's Zand dynasty. Agha Mohammad Khan, founder of Qajar dynasty, defeated the Zands, and thus the Darya-e-noor came into the possession of the Qajars.


Fath Ali Shah Qajar had his name inscribed on one facet of the diamond. Later, Nasser-al-Din Shah Qajar often wore it on an armband. He apparently believed that this diamond had been one of the those adorning the crown of Cyrus the Great. When armbands fell from royal fashion, he wore the diamond as a brooch.


On occasion, the gem would be left in the care of high personages of the land, as a sign of honor. It was eventually kept hidden in the Golestan Palace treasury museum until Mozzafar-al-Din Shah Qajar's time -- this monarch wore it as a hat decoration while visiting Europe in 1902.

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The Ten Commandments: Now in Diamond

I've seen a lot of unique diamond cuts but this one is really different. The Trillion Diamond Company has created a Ten Commandments diamond which in which the words of the original Ten Commandments are inscribe on the table facet of the diamond.

The words can be read with the aid of a magnifying glass. The company also inscribes sapphires with the same tablet-shaped cut. It comes in Catholic, Protestant and Jewish versions.

A diamond for today that will stand apart while appealing to the person that wishes to hold the Words of the Almighty close to their hearts.


The Ten Commandments Diamond is a single diamond, hand cut and polished into the shape of the recognizable tablets. The table facet is carefully laser inscribed with the verses of the Ten Commandments.


This diamond's unique faceting resonate these important words throughout the diamond.

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Second Biggest Diamond mined in Lesotho

A second biggest diamond mine in Lesotho has uncovered, and sold at a record price, a high-quality diamond, shortly after the discovery of the world’s 15th-biggest diamond at the Letseng diamond mine.


European Diamonds [AIM:EPD], which is traded on London’s Alternative Investment Market, sold a 27.7 carat clean D-colour stone for $27,008 a carat, which CEO Roy Spencer believed to be the highest price paid per carat recently for a stone from Lesotho.


“We believe this may be the highest price paid on a per carat basis from Lesotho in recent times. If the 3 largest, high quality stones, are removed from the equation, the remaining parcel fetched $72 per carat,” he said in a statement.


The stone was part of a parcel of 13,567 carats, including stones of between 11 and 23 carats each, mined from the company’s Liqhobong mine. No bids were entered for 1,959 carats but the remaining 11,608 carats were sold for $2.17 million.


“The price for this parcel is significantly higher than that achieved in previous sales, due in no small measure to the extraordinarily high price of $27,008 per carat achieved for a 27.7 carat clean D-colour stone, recovered from the Main Pipe, which was included in this sale, together with several other smaller high quality stones of between 11 carats and 23 carats,” said Spencer.


This sale brings to a total of $4.3 million, the gross proceeds from diamond sales by the company in the last 12 months.via

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Heat Exchangers Coated with Diamonds

A typically Double Pipe Heat Exchanger
not coated yet with diamond.

Do you know that diamonds can be used in heat exchangers?

Recent developments have made it fairly easy to apply a microscopic layer of diamond-structured carbon to a wide variety of materials. The process is done in a vacuum, with a carbon-rich gas, and the layer is "grown".

Because diamond is the hardest so-far-known ordinary material, drill bits and other cutting tools have been the first things to receive the diamond-coating treatment.

Well, did you know that also because diamond is the hardest substance, it is best solid heat conducting substance? The reason why is because heat-vibrations are "seen" by diamond just the same as sound-wave vibrations. So heat at Point A literally gets conducted to Point B at the speed of sound inside diamond (thousands of meters per second). Diamond has a speed of sound of approx 17,500m/s.via

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JooZoo: A Diamond-studded mp3 player for your pet dog

For the uber-rich poochies who live in high-tech elite pet havens this mp3 player adorned with diamonds is another must-have pet luxury. And, this innovation comes from Korean manufacturer Innobitz who has come-up with this all-bling pet-use mp3 player ‘JooZoo’.


The luxury mp3 player is adorned with 18k gold and diamond, and it features premium design with a heart-shaped necklace. Besides the stylish looks the mp3 player is designed for pet’s relaxation and safe play stimulation.


According to the company, the play system enhances your pet’s physical health and relieves stress through automatic content responding to various pet behaviors especially when you leave your pet at home alone or while your pet travels in a vehicle, the JooZoo encourages physical movement or increases blood flow rate by sound wave stimulation.


The bejeweled gadget comes along with a remote control, and the charger with sound speaker function also included for a price ranging somewhere around $1,500 to $2,000. Now, this is what Paris Hilton might think of buying for her pets this Christmas!!via

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The Eclectic Luxury Watches of Zadora Timepieces

It is very hard for me to describe these watches with words… Time in this case is not the most important thing, and this must be the reason why in these amazing masterpieces of jewelery the time is read through on the side of the watch rather than the top.


The dial rotates and the hand remains fixed. The winding and setting crown has a briolette cut diamond, the lugs are set with precious stones, and the time indicator is set with diamonds to mark the half hours.

All watches described in this site sport an 18kt white or yellow gold timepiece, designed with a unique orbital dial face with roman numerals, a triangular diamond indicator, and transparent sapphire case back displaying the mechanism. Each motif sits atop a guilloche decorated domed plate. The meticulously hand crafted one-of a-kind design is fitted with interchangeable galuchat watchstraps in complementing colors with an 18kt. gold guilloche buckled clasp.

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Source: trendhunter.com

iDiamond Earphones sound expensive

If you're looking for the best way to say, "I love you" to your iPod-addicted wife or girlfriend, Italian company Mac@Work has the perfect gift: diamond-encrusted earphones. When picking out some iDiamonds, you can choose between four different patterns for the jewels: hearts, stars, crested moons, and squiggly arrows.

Hey, whatever she's into, I guess. The pimped-out 'buds unfortunately appear to be pretty much the same cheapo earphones you get with any iPod, just with expensive gems stuck on them (prices range from $840 to $950). Still, she'll love them for taking her bling factor to a whole new level, not their sound quality. Being able to cut glass is a bonus.

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Source: blog.scifi.com