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Thursday 30th April 2009
From rough to a polished vivid blue gem
Since the first diamonds were discovered in the Gauteng province of Transvaal in South Africa over a century ago, the Cullinan mine has yielded some of the most spectacular diamonds ever to be unearthed. Last year, a 26,58 ct blue diamond rough was uncovered there, which has now been transformed ...
Wednesday 1st April 2009
SOTHEBY'S TO AUCTION RARE BLUE DIAMOND
A 7.03 carat rare blue diamond mined at Cullinan will go under the hammer at Sotheby's sale of Magnificent Jewels in May, Petra Diamonds announced today. The fancy vivid blue, internally flawless, cushion-shaped diamond was cut from a 26.58 carat rough stone discovered in 2008 at Petra's Cullinan ...