Think about it before you choose. Oh, I'll give you a hint. Pigeon eggs is so big.

Ma nano star

The picture "pigeon eggs" is an oval diamond named Manami Star, weighing 88.22ct；; After GIA appraisal, it has the best fire color and clarity among diamonds of the same grade, and it was sold at Sotheby's auction for HK$ 654.38+008 billion (about 95.3 million RMB). This diamond was acquired by a Japanese private collector and renamed Manami Star after his eldest daughter.

The happiness of the rich is unimaginable ... we can't afford stones worth about 1 100 million, and we can't enjoy them if we can't afford them. Today, let's enjoy those famous big diamonds ~

Chow Tai Fook Star

Auction the highest-priced diamond

Chow Tai Fook's Isaac Wolf Pink Star is a fancy bright pink pink diamond with a size of 59.60ct, which has twice set a new global diamond auction price record-20165438+2003 10. In October, this pink diamond appeared at Sotheby's Geneva auction for 76.325 million Swiss francs (about 530 million RMB). From April 2065438 to April 2007, this pink diamond held its second public auction in Sotheby's, setting a new world diamond auction price record for the second time with HK$ 553 million (about RMB 480 million). The buyer is Hong Kong jeweler Chow Tai Fook.

CTF Pink Star

This is the largest IF-class brilliant pink diamond identified by GIA. Its original stone weight 132.5ct, 1999 was mined by De Beers Company in South Africa, and was cut and polished into oval pink diamond by diamond cutters in new york. In 2007, pink diamond changed hands and changed its name to Pink Star through private sales. Chow Tai Fook took the diamond and renamed it CTF Pink Star.

Taylor Burton diamond

The largest private diamond collection

Elizabeth Taylor Taylor, a famous American actress, has another identity-jewelry collector. She once owned a pear-shaped diamond of 69.42 carats-Taylor Burton diamond, which ranked 12 in the world at that time and was also the largest one in private collection.

Taylor Burton Dimon

This diamond was bought from Cartier by Elizabeth Taylor's husband richard burton on 1969. Originally named Cartier diamond, it was cut into water droplets, reaching D color level and flawless level. Taylor Burton diamond was originally set in a ring, and Elizabeth Taylor finally decided to make it into a pendant and set it on a necklace.

I can't help sighing here, it's really "other people's husbands" ... but Elizabeth Taylor has changed many husbands, and they all support her jewelry collection. I don't know which one to envy at once ~

Elizabeth Taylor

Moawad dragon

Maximum round bright yellow diamond

20 19 In April, the Swiss jeweler Mouawad announced that a round yellow diamond weighing 54.2 1ct had been cut, making it the largest round yellow diamond rated as fancy by GIA. Moawad said that the color of this diamond is like the fire in the eyes of a dragon, so it was named Moawad Dragon.

Moawad dragon

Mouawad has a large collection of diamonds, including newly cut Mouawad Dragon, Jubilee, a 245.35-carat cushion diamond, and Taylor Burton, a 69.42-carat water drop diamond, which was once the largest private collection of diamonds.

245.35 carat pillow drilling jubilee year

Keonor

The most controversial diamond

Koh-i-noor is an oval-cut diamond of 105.6 carats, which was discovered in southern India in the 3rd century/kloc-0. The original stone weighs 793 carats and was once the largest diamond in the world. 1849, Punjab, India occupied by Britain; 1850 This diamond was given to Queen Victoria by the East India Company. It was cut twice and set in a brooch. After the death of Queen Victoria, the Stone of Light was re-inlaid in the crown of British royal jewels and is now displayed in the Tower of London.

Queen Elizabeth wears a crown.

Kulinan zuanwang

The largest original stone "child"

If the "Mountain of Light" is the tip of the iceberg of the Queen's wealth, Cullinan diamonds are the symbol of imperial power-the king's scepter and the coronation crown ... all of which are inlaid with the "children" of Cullinan diamonds. Cullinan diamond was mined from Premier mining area in South Africa in 1905, weighing 3 106.75 carats. It is the largest gem-grade diamond rough stone found in the world so far. 1907, the colonial government of transvaal province, South Africa, bought this diamond for 15000 as the 66th birthday gift of King Edward VII of England, symbolizing South Africa's loyalty to Britain.

Copy of Cullinan diamond and original of Cullinan diamond inspection agreement.

Asscher, a Dutch diamond cutter, cut and polished Cullinan diamonds, and finally cut them into 9 large-size diamonds and 96 small-size diamonds. The larger 9 diamonds were collected by the British royal family and named after Cullinan I of Cullinan 1 to Cullinan IX of Cullinan 9.

King Edward VII's scepter

Cullinan I, Cullinan 1, weighing 530.20 carats, is still the largest colorless polished diamond in the world, set on the scepter of King Edward VII. CullinanII of Cullinan II in 3 17.4ct is embedded in the crown used in the coronation ceremony.

A crown used at a coronation ceremony

Cullinan 3, weighing 94.4 carats, and Cullinan 4, weighing 63.3 carats, are embedded in Cullinan diamond brooch, which Queen Elizabeth once wore to celebrate her 60th anniversary.

Cullinan diamond brooch

Regent diamond

The most domineering diamond

Why are you domineering? If it is really used for fighting, such a big diamond is not afraid of falling and breaking! Its origin can be traced back to 1802. Napoleon appointed Nieto, the founder of CHAUMET in Paris, Shangmei, as the royal jewel master. He was ordered to create a series of symbols of imperial power used by Napoleon at the coronation ceremony in 1804, including the "coronation sword" and the "Charlemagne" crown with French crown diamonds.

Napoleon I wore a "coronation sword"

When Napoleon customized the "Coronation Sword", he asked for dazzling French crown jewels, especially the wonderful "Regent Diamond". This legendary diamond weighing 140 carat was mined in a famous mine in India on 1689, and was once adorned by the coronation crowns of French kings Louis XV and Louis XVI. In addition, the "coronation sword" also used gold, bloodstone, precious stones, tortoiseshell and steel, which made Nieto famous.

The sword of coronation

De beers yellow diamond

The main stone of the most complicated necklace

1928, the local owner of patiala, Bhupindar Singh, commissioned Cartier to design a platinum necklace with 2,930 diamonds, with a total weight of nearly 1000 carats. The main diamond was De Beers, then the seventh largest diamond in the world, which was cut into a pillow shape and weighed 234.69 carats.

194 1, the big gem embedded in the necklace was sold, and this broken necklace was purchased and restored by Cartier in 2002. To this day, this necklace is still the largest and most complicated diamond necklace in the history of jewelry.

Bhuupindarsing, a local Lord wearing a necklace.

The diamond of hope

The most famous blue diamond

Hope diamond is the most famous blue diamond in history. It was produced in the Golconda diamond mine in India in the17th century. It is an IIb diamond and weighs 45.52 carats after cushion cutting.

Hope diamond

Pierre Cartier, the founder of Cartier, is the 18 owner of "Hope Diamond". 19 1 1 sold to American celebrity Evalyn Walsh McLean. Blue diamonds are inlaid with 16 small diamonds to set off the color of the main diamond. Harry Winston then bought the diamond at 1949 and donated it to the Smithsonian Institution.

American celebrity Evalyn Walsh McLean

La Rona, Graf Lesedi

The largest emerald cut diamond.

Graf Lesedi Larona is the largest square emerald-cut diamond in the world, weighing 302.37 carats, and the cutting time is 18 months. According to Graff Graff's speculation, it can reach D color and extremely high clarity level, and it is expected to become the largest D color flawless diamond rated by GIA.

La Rona, Graf Lesedi

The original stone of this diamond, Lesedi La Rona, was found in the mining area of north-central Botswana on 20 105. After cleaning, it weighs 1 109ct, ranking second in the world after Cullinan diamond.

Graf Lesedi Larona is cutting.

Gravnas

The largest heart-shaped flawless diamond

Facts have proved that Graff Graff's press release did not brag. In addition to the world's largest square emerald-cut diamond, they also have the world's largest D-colored flawless heart-shaped diamond. This D-colored diamond weighs 1 18.78 carats, and its clarity is flawless. It is a type IIa diamond with excellent polishing and symmetry. The whole cutting and polishing process takes 18 months. Graf named this diamond Gravunas, which means "Gravunas".

Gravnas

The original stone of this diamond weighs 357 carats. It was mined in 20 15 from the diamond mine in the kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa, and it was sold at the price of19.3 million US dollars. Graf's diamond cutter first made 3D modeling calculation on this rough stone, and finally cut it into 23 diamonds, of which Graf Venus is the largest one. It is worth mentioning that the heart-shaped diamond originally cut by Graf weighed 1 18.88ct, and GIA detection found a tiny crack. Graff decided to polish it again. After losing 0. 1ct, this flawless diamond of 1 18.78ct was born.

3D modeling before cutting

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