GENEVA, Could 7 (Reuters) – The most important diamond ever lower in Russia – a 100.94 carat stone known as the Alrosa Spectacle – will probably be auctioned in Geneva later this month.
The diamond may fetch between 12 and 18 million Swiss francs ($19.96 million) when it goes beneath the hammer at Christie’s on Could 12.
“This unbelievable 100 carat D coloration diamond was lower from a tough stone that initially weighed greater than 200 carats. It was known as the Sergei Diaghilev tough diamond and it was mined in 2016,” Marie-Cecile Cisamolo, a specialist within the public sale home’s jewelry division, stated.
“Between the tough and diamond that we’re providing as we speak, it took one yr and eight months to chop into this excellent stone.”
The diamond is one in every of 144 tons on provide within the sale, which additionally consists of rings, earrings, brooches and different items made with diamonds, sapphires and rubies.
($1 = 0.9020 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Denis Balibouse, writing by John Revill; enhancing by Philippa Fletcher)
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