Tender pink diamonds from Rio Tinto mines of Argyle (Argyle) in 2016, which consisted of 63 rare pink, purple and red stones, showed a record result, noted in Rio, emphasized that the high demand for these stones.
Tender 2016, known as the "Collection of intense color" (Chroma Collection), includes high-quality large and intensely colored diamonds. History has a tender 32 years.
Patrick Coppens (Patrick Coppens), general manager of sales of diamond division Rio Tinto, said: "We are very pleased with the results of historical collections this year Pink, red and purple diamonds from Argyle are in a completely separate class in terms of rarity, beauty and origin. . These natural colored diamonds are very rare indeed. "
Central Lot collection, "Purple Argyle" (The Argyle Violet) weighing 2.83 carats, was acquired by LJ West Diamonds Inc., specializing in colored diamonds. President Larry West Company (Larry West) said: "Purple Argyle" - a peerless diamond, which is an important addition to our collection of "Art of Nature" (Art of Nature) for rare gems. This is truly a unique treasure, and we are proud to have become owners of one of the finest examples of historical fancy colored diamonds. "
Direction manager Argyle Pink Diamonds Dzhozefin Dzhonson (Josephine Johnson) said:" The market fundamentals for the pink diamond - high demand as a result of the extremely tight supply - continue to maintain their high cost. "
The tender for the first time in 2016 included only diamonds from the Argyle underground part of the mine.
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Very rare chameleon diamond weighing 7.84 carat diamond will be presented at auction Tzoffey's 1818 which will be held at the International Diamond Week in Israel.
Round brilliant IF purity is inserted into the ring and surrounded by smaller pink diamonds. According Sofiova Avner (Avner Sofiov), president of the auction house Tzoffey's 1818 stone is estimated at $ 300 000.
"This is a very rare stone, faceted Israeli experts in fancy colored diamonds", - explained Sofiov.
Chameleon diamonds so-called because of their color changes in response to light and heat. Usually they are green, yellow or gray, and after a slight heating or short stay in the darkness of their color is temporarily replaced by one of the shades of yellow. Furthermore, these stones become bright red glow during polishing, and typically also have a fluorescent yellow glow.
In the 1950s, the Gemological Institute of America (Gemological Institute of America, GIA) has published a short note on the diamond with a distinct fluorescence, which was a diamond-chameleon. "When the packaging is opened diamond party, the diamond was yellow-brown in color, but when he was taken out into the light, its color changed to green, and remained so throughout the day. In the evening we have collected all the diamonds in the safe, and the next morning the diamond again became yellow-brown. Testing the diamond did not show any signs of color processing, "- explains the GIA.
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