Napoleon's offspring diamond ring to shoot the mystery of 100 million high-priced pink diamonds, do you really know?

August 27, 2021

Recently, a pink diamond belonging to Napoleon's descendant Mathilde Bonaparte was sold at Sotheby's auction house for about 100 million yuan, shocking the world. Such a high transaction price is not only related to its historical celebrity value, but also related to its inlaid 8.72 carat pink diamond. Then the question is coming. Do you really understand about pink diamonds?

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Napoleon's offspring auction pink diamond ring

Why is the pink diamond pink?

The diamonds buried deep in the ground, cliffs and even riverbeds are very difficult to man-manufacture. After a special selection of "blue soil" (Kimberlite), an average of about 100 tons of Chinese diamonds can be carved into a one-carat diamond. The rarity of diamonds. If the diamond is pink again, its popularity can be imagined.

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Diamond rough mining

The reason why the pink diamond can present the natural pink color is that the minerals accumulated in the rough diamonds interact with the surrounding environment, resulting in the change of the structure of the diamond, only to show the pink crystal.

Does the pink diamond only show a pink color?

The pink color of the pink diamonds is always very different, which is also the source of pink charm.

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Pink diamond color grading

The GIA of the United States divides the color of the pink diamond into eight grades: weak pink, very light pink, light pink, light pink, normal pink, dark pink, deep pink and bright pink. These 8 grades are from shallow to deep, and the powder of the pink diamond is completely described.

Pink diamond auction price hit record high

In retrospect, the pink diamonds have won people's love again and again, and the auction price that is rising in succession can explain everything.

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24.78 carat pink diamond

In 1994, a pink diamond weighing 19.66 carats was sold at the Geneva auction in Geneva, for about $7.4 million. In 1995, Sotheby's auction of a 7.37-carat light purple pink diamond has also been valued at a total value of $6 million. In 2010, Sotheby's auction house in Geneva, Switzerland, shot a rare pink diamond weighing 24.78 carats for about $45.75 million.

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