World’s Largest White Diamond Ever, The Rock To Appear at Auction: Top 5 White Diamonds Offered at Christie’s

New Delhi, March 28 (IANSlife): Christie’s proclaims The Rock, a 228.31 carat pear-shaped diamond that may lead the Geneva Magnificent Jewelssale on May 11, 2023, as a part of Christie’s Luxury Week. This extraordinarily uncommon gemstone was mined and polished in South Africa over 20 years in the past and is the most important white diamond ever to be auctioned.

Rahul Kadakia, Christie’s International Head of Jewellery, mentioned “The Rock will join the very best of legendary gemstones which have passed through Christie’s global salerooms since 1766. The market for diamonds is particularly vibrant and we are confident that this sensational gemstone will capture the attention of collectors across the globe this Spring season.”

The Rock is licensed by the Gemmological Institute of America as G color, VS1 readability, and comes with a letter from the GIA stating that it’s the largest current D-Z color pear-shaped diamond ever graded by the laboratory. The earlier public sale file for the most important white diamond was a 163.41 carat gem that offered for US$33,701,000 at Christie’s Geneva in November 2017.

The Rock can be unveiled at Christie’s Dubai from the twenty sixth to the twenty ninth of March, earlier than touring to Taipei and Rockefeller Plaza in New York from the twenty ninth to the first of May. This distinctive diamond will then be on show to the general public throughout Christie’s Luxury Week, which runs from the sixth to the eleventh of May at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva.

Top 5 White Diamonds Offered at Christie’s

A necklace by De Grisogono

An oblong cut-cornered diamond, weighing roughly 163.41 carats

Geneva Magnificent Jewels | 14 November 2017

Price realised: US$33,701,000

Winston Legacy

A pear-shaped diamond weighing roughly 101.73 carats

Geneva Magnificent Jewels | 15 May 2013

Price realised: US$26,737,914

The Archduke Joseph Diamond

A cushion-shaped diamond weighing roughly 76.02 carats

Geneva Magnificent Jewels | 13 November 2012

Price realised: US$21,474,525

La Legende necklace by Boehmer et Bassaenge

A heart-shaped diamond, weighing roughly 92.15 carats

Geneva Magnificent Jewels | 17 May 2017

Price realised: US$14,989,013

A Magnificent Diamond

A pear-shaped diamond weighing roughly 75.97 carats

Geneva Magnificent Jewels | 14 May 2014

Price realised: US$14,474,732

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