Friday, June 10, 2011

10 Most Expensive Jewels in the World


Estimated Value: 7 Million dollars (IDR 70m)

The Moussaieff Red is displayed as part of the Smithsonian's "The Splendor of Diamonds" exhibition, in addition to the De Beers Millennium Star and The Heart of Eternity.

Moussaieff Red is reported to have been discovered by a Brazilian farmer in Abaetezinho river in 1990, in an area known as Alto Paranaiba who has a reputation as a source of great and beautiful colored berlian.secara rude, it is believed to be 13. 9 carats (2. 78 g).

This diamond was purchased and cut by the William Goldberg Diamond Corp., where he went by his real name the Red Shield. It is currently Owned by Moussaieff Jewellers Ltd.. Currently owned by Moussaieff Jewellers Ltd.

The Moussaieff Red Diamond is a diamond measuring 5. 11 carats (1. 022 g) with a triangular brilliant cut (Sometimes Called a trillion or a trilliant cut), rated in color as Fancy Red by the Gemological Institute of America. Moussaieff Red Diamond is a diamond size 5. 11 carat (1. 022 g) with a triangular brilliant cut (sometimes called trilliant trillion or cut), given a color as Fancy Red by the Gemological Institute of America. While this may seem relatively small when compared to other famous diamonds, the Moussaieff Red is, in fact, the largest Fancy Red the GIA reports having value.

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Estimated Cost: 16 Million dollars (Rp.160M)

The Heart of Eternity is to measure the diamond 27. 64 carat (5. 528 g), color assessed as "Fancy Vivid Blue" by the Gemological Institute of America. The Heart of Eternity cut by the Steinmetz Group, who has a diamond before selling it to the De Beers Group.

The Heart of Eternity is a very rare class of colored diamonds. It was discovered in the Premier Diamond Mine in South Africa. Blue (Type IIb) diamond account is less than 0. 1% of the output from the Premier mine, which is the only mine in the world with a pretty blue diamond production. Of the ten colored diamonds which attract the highest bids, six out of ten it is a blue diamond, rating values ​​as high as $ 550, 000 to $ 580, 000 per carat ($ 2750-2900 / mg).

The Heart of Eternity was inaugurated in January 2000 as part of the De Beers Millennium Jewels collection, which includes the Millennium Star. The Heart of Eternity was featured with ten other blue diamonds; collection of achieving 118-carat blue diamond (23. 6 g). De Beers Millennium Jewels are displayed at London's Millennium Dome throughout 2000. Business on 7 November 2000 stealing the collection thwarted.

During the exhibition at the Smithsonian, the Heart of Eternity was recorded on loan from private collectors, giving rise to speculation that it was a sold during the exhibition at the Millennium Dome in London.

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Estimated Cost: 350 million dollars (3.5 trillion)

Hope Dia-Mond is a large, 45. 52 carat (9. 10 g), housed in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC blue Hope Diamond to the naked eye because of trace amounts of boron in the crystal structure, but exhibits a red phosphor under ultraviolet light. It is classified as Type IIb diamonds, and is famous because it was considered a curse.


Estimated Value: Unestimated (Probably priceless)

The Sancy, a pale yellow diamond of 55. 23 carat (11. 05 g), was once famous for belonging to the Great Moguls of antiquity, but more likely of Indian origin to be cut because of the unusual by Western standards.
Shield-shaped stone consists of two back-to-back crowns (the typical upper stone) but lacks any semblance to a pavilion (the bottom of the stone, below the belt or the middle of the body).

Estimated Cost: 25 Million dollars (rp.250M)
The Steinmetz Pink is the diamond weighing 59. 60 carat (11. 92 grams), given a color as Fancy Vivid Pink by the Gemological Institute of America. The Steinmetz Pink is the largest known diamond has been given Vivid Pink. As a result of this extraordinary scarcity, the Steinmetz Group took care of 20 months to cut Pink. When it was introduced in Monaco on May 29, 2003, in a public ceremony.

The Steinmetz Pink is displayed as part of the Smithsonian's "The Splendor of Diamonds" exhibition, in addition to the De Beers Millennium Star, the second largest in the world (the Centenary largest Diamond) on color (D) internally and externally flawless diamond pear-shaped in 203. 04 carat (40. 608 g), the Heart of Eternity Diamond, a 27. 64 carat (5. 582 g) heart-cut blue diamonds and Moussaieff Red Diamond, the world's largest known Fancy Red diamond at 5. 11 carat (1. 102 g).


Estimated Cost: 100 million dollars (Rp.1triliun)
De Beers Centenary Diamond, at 273. 85 carat (54. 77 g), the third largest diamond has been produced in the Premier Mine. The Centenary Diamond is rated by level of D color as color by the Gemological Institute of America, which is the highest grade diamond is colorless and internally and externally flawless. It was called the Centenary Diamond as shown in the rough to Centennial.The Centenary Diamond was unveiled in late May 1991.

Estimated Value: 3 Million dollars (RP.30M)

The Allnatt Diamond is a diamond-sized 101. 29 carat (20. 258 g) with a cushion cut, rated in color as Fancy Vivid Yellow by the Gemological Institute of America.Ini diamond is named after one of the holders, Major Alfred Ernest Allnatt, a soldier, sportsman, art patron and helper. Although not known precisely where the originating Allnatt, many experts believe that it may be found in what is now known as the De Beers Premier Diamond Mine.

Allnatt origins are not known prior to purchase Major Allnatt of diamonds in the early 1950 s.Setelah buy a diamond, he commissioned Cartier to make arrangements for itu.n last setting is platinum flower with five petals, two stems and leaves, all arranged with diamond. The Allnatt is resold at auction in May 1996 by Christie's in Geneva for $ 3, 043, 496 U.S.. At the time of sale in Allnatt is 102. 07 carat (20. 41 g). and graded Fancy Intense Yellow. Once sold to the SIBA Corporation, a diamond was re-cut into heavy current and the intensity increased as a result.


Estimated Value: Unestimated (This is one of the british crown jewels!)

K? Hi N? R (Hindi: ???????, Persian / Urdu :??????, Telugu: ????????) which means "Mountain of Light" from the Persian, also spelled Kohinoor, Koh-e Noor or Koh-i-Nur is 105 carats (21. 6 g) diamond that was once the largest known diamond in the world. The Kohinoor originated at Golconda in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is owned by various Sikh, Mughal and Persian rulers who fought bitterly over it at various points in history and captured as war damage time and again. After completely ignoring the Maharaja Ranjit Singh's will was eventually confiscated by the East India Company and became part of the British Crown Jewels when British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli declared Queen Victoria Empress of India in 1877. This is the legend that anyone who has the Koh-i-Noor to conquer the world.

The possibility of a curse associated with the ownership of the diamond dates back to Hindu texts relating to the first confirmed appearance of the diamond in 1306:

"He WHO own owns this diamond will of the world, but will from Also know all its misfortunes. "He who has this diamond will own the world, but also will have knowledge of all misfortune." Only God, or a woman, can use it freely. "

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Estimated Cost: 16. 4 Million dollars (rp.164M)

Wittelsbach Diamond, also known as Der Blaue Wittelsbacher is 35. 56 carat (7. 11 g) blue diamond with VS 2 clarity that has been appreciated by the nobility of Europe for centuries. It has become part of both Austria and Bavaria, the Crown jewels.

The color and clarity have been compared with the Hope Diamond. Diamond size 24. 40 mm in diameter and 8. 29 mm in depth. Facet 82 has been arranged in an atypical pattern. Star facet on the split vertically crown and pavilion has sixteen needle-like facets, arranged in pairs, pointing outward from the culet facet.


Estimated Cost: 400 million dollars (rp.4triliun)

The Cullinan diamond is the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found, at 3, 106. 75 carat (621. 35 g).

The biggest polished stone of gem named Cullinan I or the First Star of Africa, and the 530. 2 carats (106. 0 g) is the largest diamond in the world until the year 1985 the discovery of the Golden Jubilee Diamond, 545. 67 carat (109. 13 g), also from the Premier Mine. Cullinan I is now mounted on the head with a stick Cross. The second largest gem from the Cullinan stone, Cullinan II or Small Star of Africa, at 317. 4 carats (63. 5 g), is the fourth largest diamond in the world. The second jewel in the Crown Jewels of the British Empire.