Certified by the GIA as internally flawless, the blue diamond was formed over millions of years.
Sotheby's Dubai unveiled a rare blue diamond weighing 15.10 carats and estimated more than $48 million on display at the Dubai Diamond Exchange in Dubai on February 23. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National
Sophie Stevens, jewellery specialist at Sotheby's Dubai, holds the De Beers Cullinan fancy vivid blue diamond, the largest of its type to ever come to auction.
Expected to sell for more than $48m, only five other vivid blue diamonds above 10 carats have ever come to auction, making it the first 15-carat stone to be offered at auction.
The unique internal colour is enhanced by its step cut, the most technically demanding cut to work with. Master cutters at Diacore spent a year cutting and polishing the diamond to achieve the final result.
The exceptionally rare fancy vivid blue diamond will be on display in Dubai until February 26.
The rough stone, weighing almost 40 carats, was unearthed in April 2021 at the Cullinan mine in South Africa.
Certified by the GIA as internally flawless, the blue diamond was formed over millions of years.
Sotheby's Dubai unveiled a rare blue diamond weighing 15.10 carats and estimated more than $48 million on display at the Dubai Diamond Exchange in Dubai on February 23. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National
Sophie Stevens, jewellery specialist at Sotheby's Dubai, holds the De Beers Cullinan fancy vivid blue diamond, the largest of its type to ever come to auction.
Expected to sell for more than $48m, only five other vivid blue diamonds above 10 carats have ever come to auction, making it the first 15-carat stone to be offered at auction.
The unique internal colour is enhanced by its step cut, the most technically demanding cut to work with. Master cutters at Diacore spent a year cutting and polishing the diamond to achieve the final result.
The exceptionally rare fancy vivid blue diamond will be on display in Dubai until February 26.
The rough stone, weighing almost 40 carats, was unearthed in April 2021 at the Cullinan mine in South Africa.
Certified by the GIA as internally flawless, the blue diamond was formed over millions of years.
