Shield Cut – Modified – Set in a Tiara

[May 2008] An 101.27 carat diamond, set in a tiara, was displayed in a private viewing booth before its auction bidding at Christie's auction house in Hong Kong, The stone sold to a private buyer for $6,241,311 million dollars, the auction house said. Cut from a 460 carat rough diamond, the shield-shaped gem has 92 facets. While internally flawless, the stone has a slight imperfection on the surface that is imperceptible to the human eye, the auction house said. It is the largest colorless diamond to appear on the auction market in the last 18 years, Christie's said. (Only 3 colorless diamonds of more than 100 carats have appeared at auction; and, were sold in Geneva.) The new owner will have the right to name the diamond. The 460 carat rough diamond (from which it was cut and polished to 101.27 carats) was discovered in South Africa's Premier Mine. [May 2008] An 101.27 carat diamond, set in a tiara, was displayed in a private viewing booth before its auction bidding at Christie's auction house in Hong Kong, The stone sold to a private buyer for $6,241,311 million dollars, the auction house said. Cut from a 460 carat rough diamond, the shield-shaped gem has 92 facets. While internally flawless, the stone has a slight imperfection on the surface that is imperceptible to the human eye, the auction house said. It is the largest colorless diamond to appear on the auction market in the last 18 years, Christie's said. (Only 3 colorless diamonds of more than 100 carats have appeared at auction; and, were sold in Geneva.) The new owner will have the right to name the diamond. The 460 carat rough diamond (from which it was cut and polished to 101.27 carats) was discovered in South Africa's Premier Mine.