Super strange Russian pink diamonds may be the most expensive gem in the world

The 14.83 carat pink gem has been found and cut by Russian diamond mining company Alrosa PJSC is expected to have a record price when it is sold by the end of the year.

Evgeniya Kozenko, Alrosa's spokesperson, said the oval stone called The Spirit of the Rose , which was certified by the American Gemstone Institute, was a fancy, colorful purple purple diamond with transparency and gloss. Great with balanced structure.

It is scheduled to be sold in November, she said.

Colored diamonds are made up of impurities such as boron or nitrogen, which are the most expensive and rarest diamonds. In particular, pink and red diamonds have the highest prices.

Pink diamond The Spirit of the Rose.(Photo: Bloomberg).

According to Bloomberg, the Spirit of the Rose diamond may be one of the most expensive pink gems ever, according to Eden Rachminov, chairman of the board of the Fancy Color Research Organization.

Rachminov estimated the potential price of this pink diamond in the range of US $ 60-65 million.

Sotheby's auction floor has set a record of selling the most expensive pink diamonds in 2017. That record belongs to The Pink Star, the fancy pink diamond "terrorist" 59.6 carats, sold to the Group for sale. retail Chow Tai Fook jewelry is based in Hong Kong for $ 71 million.

Previously, Oppenheimer Blue, the second most expensive pink diamond, sold for $ 58 million in 2016 by Christie's.

Alrosa's spokesman, Kozenko, declined to comment on whether the company would raise the price of The Spirit of the Rose. However, he said it would be the most expensive diamond polished in Russia.

This is a good time to sell because pink diamonds are about to become more rare after Rio Tinto Corporation confirmed earlier this year that it will stop producing heavy Argyle diamonds in Australia.

The company's mine provides about 90% of the world's pink diamonds.

Alrosa found a 27.85 carat rough stone at its alluvial deposits in the Far East, Russia in 2017 and named it Nijinsky, after the ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. The one-year process is done at Alrosa's cutting factory in Moscow.

Spirit of the Rose named after Le Specter de la Rose, was staged by Ballets Russes and premiered in 1911, in which Nijinsky is a star.

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